dibby-dibby adj.— «The game, however, will not recapture its past glory if its leadership continues, in a Jamaican colloquialism, to be “dibby-dibby,” which is to say, lacking in character, worth and purposefulness...
ganny n.— «On side 2 the song TRAIN TO BANGKOK he speaks about the sweet Jamaican pipe dreams, golden Acapulco nights and the fragrance of Afganastan (we now call “skunk” we once called “ganny” short for...
version v.— «The version is the lingua franca of all dance music. To “version,” in Jamaican parlance, is to reuse the same basic backing track with a new vocal and/or song on top.» —“CD Reviews” by...
chi chi man n.— «In Jamaican patois slang, “batty man” and “chi chi man” are the equivalent of “poof” and “faggot.”» —“Concert Cancelled After Complaints Of Homophobia” by...
batty man n.— «In Jamaican patois slang, “batty man” and “chi chi man” are the equivalent of “poof” and “faggot.”» —“Concert Cancelled After Complaints Of Homophobia” by...
skeet v.— «You let the hoe swallow it, get off in yo’ parlor an’/stab out to the cajun crab house/or the Jamaican cat house/or the college, frat house/for the gul you just, mad house that rat house/And get you some scrub, she ain’t ya...