A-B

a (v)(sl ) 1. is, are. [eg gal yuh ‘a’ lead….girl you ‘are’ leading]
2. it’s. [eg ‘a’ me man!…..’it’s’ me man!]
a so (sl) 1. is that so (?)
2. it’s so. [e.g. if ‘a so’ den ‘a so’…if ‘ it’s so’ then ‘it’s so’]
a wha (sl) what is it (?)


badda (v)(adj) 1. to bother
2. worse, more bad (than)
badman (n) thug. big up (sl) shout out, send greetings to

bill (v) to relax, calm down

bruk (sl) to break

bruk out (sl) wild out, break out

bubble (v) to wine the waistline, dance closely with someone.

bwoy (n) boy
gal girl
weh where

caan (neg.v) cannot, unable to. [sometimes spelled ‘cyaan’]


cyaad (v) to make fun of, to jokingly insult, to roast

chatta (n) chatter


coulda (-) could have. [sometimes pronounced gooda]

cree (sl) time out, pause, hold on. [usually used when playing games] crawsses (-) crosses, misfortune, bad luck

cuss (v) curse, argue

dadz (n) one who plays the father figure in the community

dappa (n) dignitary

dat (adv) that

deejay (n) exactly what a rapper is to hip hop, a spoken word artist deh (adv) 1. there. [e.g. “is who dat ova deh”?....”who’s over there”?]
2. together, are involved. [used when referring to relationships…e.g. she and him ‘deh’]
deh so (sl) there, yonder. [e.g. over ‘deh so’…over ‘there’]


deh ya (sl) here, I’m here


dem (pron) them, they

di (adj) the


dis (adv)(v) 1. this.
2. to disrespect

enuff (sl) enough

ey (sl) hey, hi, hello


fassy (n)(sl) hater, bad person. [sometimes called ‘fassyhole’]

fi (sl) 1. for
2. to. [e.g. tell them ‘fi’ cool….them them ‘to’ cool]
fi mi (sl) mine, my own, for me

fi wa (sl) for what, why.

gal (n) girl. [sometimes spelled ‘gyal’]

galang (v) go, go on, go ahead. [e.g. ‘galang’ gal….’go’ girl]

galist (n) girls man, player, girls pet.

gi (v) give

gwaan (sl) go on, go

gweh (sl) go away, move, be gone. [used when telling someone to go away]

haffi (sl) have to [e.g. mi ‘haffi’ get har…I ‘have to’ get her]

head nuh good (ph) insane, mentally unstable, crazy

inna (sl) in, into

irie (sl) cool, relaxed

jook (v) to poke, to hit

jus (sl) just

killa (n) killer

lata (-) later

lef (sl) left

leggo (sl) let go, leave

likkle (sl) little

livity (-) lifestyle, life

luv (n)(v) love

matta (-) matter

mek (v) to make

mi (sl)(pron) (adj) 1. me, I.
2. my
mounta (-) amount of. [eg di ‘mounta’ mix up….the ‘amount of’ mix up]

muss (-) must

mussi (sl) must be


natty (sl) Rastafarian

naw (sl) not, no, won’t. [sometimes spelled ‘nah’]

neva (sl) never

no sa (sl) no siree!, no!

nuff (sl) many, a lot

nuh (sl) don’t, no

nutten (-) nothing

ole (adj) old, olden

ova (adv) over

odda (-) Other

passa passa (sl) slang for gossip, mix up, latest drama

penny (v) to watch, to ogle, to pay attention to

phat (sl) sexy, voluptuous.

pickney (n) child, youngster

pre (v) to think about, to meditate on (something).

Pon (prep) on (something), atop

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