Jawaiian adj.— «Many of our younger people who have grown up with these new sounds, actually think of the music as Hawaiian… at least one form of Hawaiian music. They call it reggae, Jamaican, Jawaiian, “contemporary” Hawaiian or “local” music...
dubplate n.— «The real money is not in album sales but in live shows, and in dubplates: customized versions of singles, each one personalized with a salute to the D.J. who commissioned it. He often charges $500 to $1,500 for dubplates (though some...
dibby-dibby adj.— «Peter Metro…, Lady Mackerel, Sister Charmaine in tandem with Metro went over well doing their no. 1 song on the reggae chart in London “Dibby Dibby Man.”» —“Reggae Explosion” by Howard McGowan The Daily Gleaner (Kingston...
dibby-dibby adj.— «In Jamaica, life and system so hard that people can hardly find the time to listen culture music. Then they play the dibby-dibby music so long for so many years now that it becomes part of the people that they don’t want to hear...
dibby-dibby adj.— «“Dibby-dibby” derives from a widely heard reggae tune about a girl with many boyfriends. It means fickle and indecisive.» —“Limbo Lingo Gives Politics a Lilt” by Julia Preston Washington Post Feb. 14, 1989. (source: Double...
chi chi man
n.— «20. T.O.K. – Chi chi man.» —“Playlist DANCEHALL VIBES October 7, 2000″ by Danny Pepperseed Usenet: rec.music.reggae Nov. 26, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)