JAMAICA DICTIONARY: T (Jamaica)

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JAMAICA DICTIONARY: T

Published Apr 3, 2001

Do all your Jamaican friends laugh at you every time you open your mouth and try to speak Jamaican? Jamaicanize your vocabulary here with our words that start with T
If you don't see a term, tell us and we'll put it up

T
tallawah: impressive
tan: stay (a so him tan = that's how he is)
tea: any hot drink including coffee, hot chocolate, cerasee and tea
tegareg: someone of no class, uncouth, a hooligan
tek: take
teh teh/te te: used to describe someone who is obsessed with something or practices an excess of something. For example a "Phone Teh teh" loves to talk on the phone.
ticky ticky: small fish that is common in many gullies and rivers in Jamaica
ting: thing
too nuff: too boastful, an inquisitive or nosy person
trace: to quarrel
trash 'n ready: to look trendy
tree: Three
trickify: someone who is a trickster or tries to play smart.
tump: thump, to hit. Note in most cased you will hear "tump down" which is an agressive use of the word "tump" with "down" used to more violence was used.

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-aitalist-auta-aito
Sep 10, 2010 8:29pm [ 1 ]

jamdon patua it a boom tong'ue

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