Definitions submitted by anonymous

Canned corned beef

Patois: Mi waah bully beef and bread fi lunch
English: I want bully beef and bread for lunch

Stupid

A term used to refer to a stupid or foolish person.

Patois: Yuh too foofool fi si seh nobady nuh want yuh yah
English: You are too stupid to see that no one wants you here.

party

Street dance normally kept late at night and ends early in the morning.

Patois: Mi too tiad fi guh a skool kaaz mi sneak out laas night fi guh a dance
English: I’m too tired to go to school because I snuck out last night to go to a party

A huge mobile disco used to keep street parties in Jamaica. A sound system normally consist of Djs, turntables and huge speakers.

Patois: Stone Love a di maddest sound system deh bout
English: Stone Love is the coolest sound system around

Derived from old school dancehall and reggae, dubplate may refer to either exclusive unreleased tracks that only famous dj’s have access to or the acetate disk that these unreleased tracks are cut unto.

Patois: Stone Love alwayz play di newest dubplates a dem dance
English: Stone Love always play the newest dubplates at their parties.