Arm Stinks
Expression used to state that someone has a badly smelling body odor under his/her armpits; usually as a result of excessive sweating and not bathing for a while.
Patois: Yu arm green, yu need fo guh bade
English: Your arm stinks, you need to go and bathe
Homo
Derogatory term used to refer to a homosexual male
Patois: Yu deh act like a Maama man
English: You are acting like a homo
F**got
Derogatory term used to refer to a homosexual male. The patois term “batty” means buttocks in Standard English; hence the term “batty man” gets its meaning from the fact that homosexual males engage in anal sex. When referring to a homosexual woman, the term “batty gal” is used.
Patois: Stop act like yu a batty man
English: Stop acting like you are a f**got
Dyke
Derogatory term used to refer to a homosexual female; it is derived from “batty man”, which is used to refer to a homosexual male
Patois: Mi neva know seh Mary a batty gal until she try fi kiss mi last nite
English: I never knew that Mary was a dyke until she tried to kiss me last night
Obese woman
A slang term used to refer to an obese woman.
Patois: Who da mampy deh ova deh suh?
English: Who is that obese woman over there?