N

• naani - to be nasty

• nain - nothing

• Nelson Street - a popular place to pick-up prostitutes

• Nepsha and Kiah - Tom, Dick and Harry

• never-see, come-see - over-exaggeration

• new brand - never been used (eg This shirt new brand, boy!)

• nimbles - fowl lice

• nincanpoop - foolish person

• ning-ning - tired/sleepy eyes.

• nint - to anoint

• nosey - always want to know others business

• nucka - little penis

• nuff / nough - a lot of...

• nuk nuk/nu nu - the vagina

• nuse - to use

• nyam - to eat

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• obeah - Witchcraft/Black Magic/sorcery of West African origin similar to 'voodoo'

• obzocky - to be weird looking or misshapen; unshapely woman

• offa - off of

• officious -  too rude

• odd cents - loose coins (money)

• oh lordie - my goodness, gracious me

• Ol' haag - an old woman.

• onliest -  the only one

• onneat - to be underneath

• onstan - to understand

• opiten - to open

• opnumin - to open

• opunit - to open

• own way - stubborn

• out-it-out - turn off the light.

• ovadayso / outdayso - over there

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• pakalaka - female genitalia

• pailing - the zinc-metal galvanize used for walls of the yard, or roof of the house.

• palisade - an wooden fence in front of a house

• pan - steel pan

• pancart - wheelbarrow

• parro - a crack-head, someone so addicted to drugs

• pasture - any patch of grass bigger than 3sq.ft.

• pass-over - an apoplectic stroke

• pelttin-waist - to dance

• pelt -  throw

• peck - pick-axe

• peggers - baby teeth

• pickney - a child

• pick-pick - the penis

• picture - TV show / programme

• piece a' iron - rhythmic metal beating. (usually using the metal part of a car's break disc.)

• pipe - faucet

• piss - to urinate

• pivvy -  used to denote the tiniest degree of measurement

• plaster for every sore - excuse for every situation

• playing de' fool - acting annoying

• play-play -  make believe

• poe -  a chamber pot- also see topsy

• pokey - the vagina

• pocket-pistol -  (roast-corn [bajan]); roasted corn on the cob

• pompasetting - showing off new clothes

• pon - on top / place 'upon

• pon'-top-of - more, after the first set

• pooch / puche - the buttocks

• pop - any kind of soda tonic

• poppit - an idiot

• poor-great - To act as if you are rich and a snob when in fact you are poor snob

• pot-starver - a skinny dog (with ribs showing)

• propping-sorrow -  sitting, stirring into space, with chin cupped in hand

• press -  to iron clothes; usually a large shelved cupboard or wardrobe

• puhp - faeces / to stool

• pumps - sneakers

• pull-up! / pull-up-dat! - That song is nice! Play it from the beginning again.

• punarka - the vagina

• plug-it-out - to unplug from a socket

• poochlicka - someone who is yes person

• punch that one - play that song, or turn up that song more.

• pussy - an idiot [Vulgar] or referring to a female's vagina

• poop - to fart

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• raise up - to increase the volume on the radio or TV

• race -  commonly used to mean chase

• ram / ramoff - to be full or crowded

• rangate- [Vulgar]   "raaaaan--gate") e.g. "Wa de Raaangate!"

• rasshole - (noun) idiot; (verb) to do foolishness. [Vulgar]  "raaaahhhs-sole!"

• rather - prefer - 'I rather dis one'

• reckon -  to count change (coin money)

• redman - a brown or light-skinned negro

• red-leg - a poor white (white person)

• red-skin ting - description or to get the attention of a good looking female.

• regulars -  small, harmless black ants

• reverend -   a pastor; a preacher

• reverse back - to drive backwards

• roach -  cockroach

• roundabout - a traffic rotary

• rock-stone -  a stone of any size

• rockinengine - steam roller

• rubbatail -  a homosexual male

• rucka-tuk - awful noise, sound, or commotion

• rumshop - a small shop where rum and some other alcoholic drinks are sold.

• rummie -  a rum drinker; drunkard

• rumfle-up / ramful-up  - to wrinkled ; to mess-up a hairdo (girls)

• run de route - let us go

• runt - a small pig

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• safe - cool, ok, good

• sail - To throw at something/someone (ex. "I gon' let this sail right cross da' wicket.")

• samon tot retriever - dog with no breed / no pedigree

• schuupse / scrhuspe / stupse - to suck ones teeth in exclamation (also done by Nigerians)

• sawarrria - always having heated arguments with others

• scotch-it - wedge/place something in a tight area

• scotch-round - move, give me space

• sea-bath - swim in the sea

• sea cat - squid

• sea eggs - sea urchins

• shake-hand - to wave at someone

• she-she - a homosexual male / a transsexual

• shed-roof -

• shite - shit

• shrims - shrimp

• shunna' foot - Someone with bad ankles / flat feet.

• site-ok, to agree with something said

• size roun' - to go around

• skank - a low classed female

• sket / skettel - a very promiscuous female

• skinning your teeth - grinning, smiling or laughing.

• sky-larke - to play the fool

• shun - to avoid

• sieve / sive - a food strainer

• sliders - long underwear

• snot - mucous

• spend - to pass time; "how did you spend your day"

• spar -  friend or pal

• spry open - to force or pull open

• spraddle - sprawl; straddle

• soft - to be shy or afraid

• solid - term 'bar solid' - well stocked bar; strong drink will be served

• soldier crab - hermit crab

• soft stone - limestone blocks, quarried locally

• sno-cone - made of finely crushed ice, and flavoured with brightly coloured syrup

• staunched girl - a man's main girlfriend apart from the other women he may be involved with

• stan' pipe - a public water-faucet that used to be in every community of Barbados.

• stop - "stay" or "is located" (ex. "It's down by where da' house stop.")

• stop-cock - faucet

• stock -  live stock; any animal commonly found on a

• steupse/stupse - a sound made with the mouth expressing more than words. [sucking your teeth]

• stew-dumplings -  another word for conkies

• stick - at parties, you always refer to the cake getting stick! not cut.

• stick-licking -  the art of fencing with sticks

• suck-a-bubbi - noun - a cool-aid sold by a vendor [usually an old woman]

• sugar foot - when someone is driving too fast

• su-su - see meeting turn.

• swank -  a drink made of only sugar and water

• sweety - candy

• sweet-drinks - any kind of soda

• sweet-fuh-days - it is, or will be really, really good fun

• swipe - pilfer; steal

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• tapered / tehpuhrd - a homosexual male

• take-in -  to have suddenly fallen ill

• tantalise -  very commonly used word, often in its correct meaning

• tea -  referred to any warm beverage

• thingumajig / thingummy-bob - gadget

• tip -  a small portion

• too-nuff - very much

• too sweet - real nice.

• tot -  very small drinking vessel made of tin

• topsy - a chamber pot

• to-besides - I agree and in addition to that...

• trouble - To interfere, bother, harass, pickup, take, disturb

• trunck - to perform anal sex on a female

• trust -  to give a person credit for goods supplied

• tacklings - your belongings

• toot-moon kyah - any, and everybody

• tukalacka - vagina

• turning bewitch - becoming crazy

• turning foolish - becoming forgetful

• turn-over - a sweet roll filled with coconut

• turrofare - a promiscuous female

• tings - things

• trildren - obscure word for children

• two by four - facetious term for a smallish house

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U

• uh??? - pardon?

• umpteenth - a whole lot

• unnit'do - to undo

• unfair - to treat unfairly

• upstairs-downstairs - a two story house

• upsided-down - this is preferred to upside-down

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• veranda - a special porch for showing off.

• vex - angry

• vise - to understand

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• walking-bout - running errands, going about ones' business.

• wall-house - a house predominantly made of cement

• way - where

• warri - a game brought from Africa in the days of slavery.

• wares - kitchen utensils, cutlery and crockery (kitchen ware)

• wee-wee - very small; tiny; to urinate

• watch it from dey - look-out; be careful

• whax-palax - a hard hit.

• whax-palax-bruggadown-brax - a hard hit and fall

• when you hear the shout - you've just got to hear what happens next.

• wha gine on -  what's going on with you; what's new!

• w'happening - what's happening!

• wick - to engage in sexual intercourse with a fellow female

• wicka - a lesbian

• wizzy-wizzy - whispering

• who-so, don't like-so - A hypocrite never likes when another person does the same thing

• wine - a dance done by gyrating one's waistline around

• woi! - (an exclamation) "WOW!" / "OH MY GOODNESS!"

• worm -  pimple (acne)

• wood-slave - white lizard. Also known as 'poison' lizard

• wood-ant - termite

• writing-hand - this inversion is preferred to hand-writing

• wuck / wok - work

• wulloss -  used to express disappointment

• wufless - worthless, terrible, no good

• wuh - what

• wuh-law / wuh-loss - (an exclamation)

• wuk-up - a dance done by gyrating one's waistline, with heavy emphasis on the forward and backward motions.

• wunna - you all

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• yuh - you

• ya - you

• yard-boy - a boy employed to do odd jobs around the house

• yam / yahm - to eat ravenously[from Twi Nnyam]

• yampi - the mucous in the corner of ones eye.

• yonder - over there

• you all-right, where you is - you have some false-sense of comfort, you think you don't have to worry about anything? Just wait...

• you wait! - listen, I'm going to deal with you harshly in a minute.

• Yuh-right! - "How observant!"

• Yuh-shooting - your high-water pants are too short.

yute - a youth/ child/ offspring

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Z

• ZR - "Zed-R" - a private-owned route taxi (So named because of the license plates beginning with "ZR") 

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