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Used to describe those men and women with whom one cheats on his or her spouse.

Flatbread

A traditional Jamaican flatbread

Patois: Fry two bammy fi breakfast.
English: Fry two bammy for breakfast.

Leave

Used when dismissing someone

Patois: Come gwope, mi nuh owe yuh nuttin!
English: Get out of here, I don’t owe you anything!

Bat

The Jamaican Patois name for a nocturnal flying mammal

Patois: Rat bat a fly out a cave wen it dark.
English: Bats fly out of the cave when it’s dark.

Rhythm

The instrumental background to a piece of music

Patois: Dat riddim a gwaan good!
English: That rhythm is really good!