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...
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...
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...
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...
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)
ras klaat n.— «“Ras clat” is actually “arse cloth” or “ass cloth,” i.e. early toilet paper. The “clat” in “bumba,” “blood,” or “p*ssy” “clat” is...