Definitions submitted by anonymous

Father

Expression used to refer to a male parent.

Patois: Weh yu pupa deh?
English: Where is your father?

break

Patois: Who mash di winda?
English: Who broke the window?

mother

Expression used to refer to a female parent.

Patois: Wah yuh muma name?
English: What is your mother’s name?

father

Term used to refer to a male parent

Patois: Wah yuh faada name?
English: What’s your father’s name?

F**k

Popular Jamaican curse word used to express emotions such as anger, surprise or grief. It is normally suffixed with other patois terms to enhance its meaning, e.g. bumboclaat, bumbohole, bumbocleet;

Patois: Bumbo! Mi fone just drop inna di wata
English: F**k! My phone just fell into the water