Used by young persons to refer to the action where they read things to remember short term, instead of studying.
Patois: Mi a guh swat the answer dem fi di multiple choice from di answer sheet
English: I'm going to swat the answers for the multiple choice paper from the answer sheet
All fruits ripe , Babylon , Bad like yaz , Bashy ,
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