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milk bottle

milk bottle  n.— «For all the talk of romance, the language of sex tourism is pretty basic. In Jamaica the men are called “beach boys” or “Rastatutes.” The women are called milk bottles by the men—partly because of...

interdesperse

interdesperse  v.— «Jamaicans speak English, but it’s so interdespersed with slang and colloquialisms that it often hard to decipher.» —“Regiment’s school project is a class act” by Johnny Caldwell in...

kangaroo

kangaroo  n.— «“Kangaroo”—MoBay slang for splurt, cut out etc.» —“Verbatim: Issue #2—The Montego Bay Edition” by Yannick Nesta Pessoa Yannick’s Misadventures, Travels, Journeys in Jamaica & on Asylum...

freeco

freeco  n.— «As an adult, thanks mostly to my being a writer, I’ve had the opportunity to travel freeco to India, Ghana, Germany, America and, within the Caribbean, Jamaica and Barbados.» —“Female facts” by Kevin...

singjay

singjay  n.— «Wayne Marshall is known in Jamaica as a singjay. The term comes from his ability to croon and DJ on a single track.» —“Field Marshall” by Lady English New Times Broward-Palm Beach (Fort Lauderdale...

sprigadee

sprigadee
 n.— «You nah need a likkle spell, me sprigadee. De Lawd haffe tek care a yuh.» —by Andrea Levy Small Island Dec. 11, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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