Definitions submitted by anonymous

Navel

Patois: Inna Jamaica, sum country people bury di baby nable-tring inna di grung and plant a tree ova it
English: In Jamaica, some rural Jamaicans bury the baby’s navel-string in the ground and plant a tree over it

Dark skinned black man

Slang expression for a dark skinned black man

Patois: Blacks did cum fi si yuh dis mawnin
English: The dark skinned black man came to see you this morning

Asian Woman

Slang expression for a woman of Asian descent(e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean etc…).

Patois: Miss Chin did go through di door ava deh suh
English: The Asian woman went through the door over there

Lord

Patois: Dear Lawd, please protect mi fram mi enemy dem
English: Dear Lord, please protect me from my enemies

Oppression

Rastafarian slang for oppression. This is derived from the Rastafarian play on words which is said to remove all the power that negative words such as “oppression” has over ones soul. Oppression is changed to downpression because oppression keeps a man down instead of lifting him up.

Patois: Mi tiad adi downpression, Mi need a change
English: I’m tired of the oppression, I need a change