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 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 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 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
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)
fene n.— «I’ve learned that when we say “if a lik yu, yu fene,” “fene” is not something we made up. “Fene” actually comes from the word “fenay” which means to feel direct physical illness...