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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[ahmakinyuhout]

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[nomadicminimalist]

Trini Talk

Bacchanal - party atmosphere; arguments, confusion e.g. "If dey find out, it will be rel bacchanal." Back chat - a rude response e.g. "Doh give meh no back chat now, yuh hear!" Badjohn - a bully; a person who thinks they're really "bad" Bath suit - swim suit Band (Carnival) - a Carnival band refers to a group of masqueraders who are wearing the same costumes, or costumes based on the same theme. Biscuit - cookie, cracker Bobolee - a person who gets taken advantage of Bobolize - to bully someone Boof / buff - to scold Buss - to burst; to be a flop e.g. "Shux dred, dat party was rel buss." Buss it - to leave e.g. "Well when I see dat, I buss it!" Chips - French Fries e.g. "May I have some chips, please?" Chutney - a type of music indigenous to Trinidad, which evolved from Indian music Commesse - confusion, conflict Cunumunu - a foolish person Dingolay - to dance in a joyful, carefree manner Dotish - silly, stupid e.g "Don't act dotish nah!" Doux-doux - sweetie, sweetheart e.g. "Don't mind dat, doux-doux." Dred - friend (see also hoss, padna); cool e.g. "Dat movie was dred, eh dred?" Fella - a fellow, a boy, a guy e.g. "Way! Check dat fella!" Fete - party Fuh real? - really? Is that so? Gyul - girl Horn - to cheat on a boyfriend of girlfriend Hoss - a close friend In truth - for real, that's right e.g. "That test was so hard!" Reply: "In truth!" Lagniappe - a little extra, a bonus Lil - little Lime - to hang out in a casual atmosphere e.g. "I feeling to lime." Maco - someone who minds other people's business! e.g. "Wha yuh macoing so for?" Make style - to show off Mamaguy - to make fun of, to fool Mas - used to refer to Carnival; to play mas - to masquerade Obeah - black magic, voodoo Obzokee - unpleasant, out of place Ole talk - chit-chat, light-hearted chatter e.g. "We was just ole talking dey." One time - right now, immediately e.g. "De gyul was rel angry so I buss it one time." Padna - (from "partner") a close friend, buddy Parang - music played during Christmas time. Parang has a lot of Spanish influences. Patois - local dialect Picker - thorns e.g. "Doh touch dat rose bush. It have rel pickers." Picong - to insult in a jesting manner Pong - pound e.g. "Gih meh two pongs of tomatoes dey tantie." Poohar - see dotish Pot hound / pot hong - a mixed dog; sometimes used as an insult e.g. yuh lazy pothound! Saga boy / star boy - a male who likes to "make style"; a male who is cool Screw up yuh face - to make a strange expression, usually when angry or in disagreement of something e.g. "Look how she screwin up she face nah!" Soca - a type of music indigenous to TnT, derived from "soul calypso" Soucouyant - from old ghost stories, an old woman who turns herself into a ball of fire and suck's people's blood Sweet too bad - really nice, pleasant, attractive e.g. "Dred, dat gyul eh play she sweet too bad!" Sweet drink - term used for soft drink, soda, pop Sweetie - a sweet, candy Tabanca - the feeling of hurt and pain when a close relationship ends e.g. "Leave him alone hoss, he gyul leave him. He have rel tabanca." Tantie - auntie Tong - town e.g. "I went to tong today." Toutoulbay - a gullible person Vex - angry, upset Whas de scene? - What's up? e.g. Ay padna, whas de scene? Wine - to gyrate, to rotate hips in a suggestive manner

[izatrini]

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