JAMAICA DICTIONARY: X-Y-Z

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 X-Y-Z. If you don't see a term, tell us and we'll put it up.

X

X-amount:used to describe any amount.

Y

yahso: right here

yard: home, also to Jamaicans living aboard it means Jamaica

yardie: some one who is Jamaican, jamaican by birth. Similar to the British citizens being called Brits.

yello: yellow

yuh: you

yush: hello, similar to the slang yo

yute: youth

yow: hello, similar to the slang yo

Z

zeen : understand (question or statement)

zutopong : someone who low class

zutopeck: zutopong

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Related links
• Read "Fe real by Pauline" for Patois articles with a standard English translation
• Join ther members talking patois on the Coodeh message board.