Friday, May 28, 2010
Bajan Dialect: lickmout, dooflicky and ting
Assified - Stupid
Bassa-bassa - A fight
Blue vex - Extreemly annoyed
Botheration - A problem
Bram - Raucous party
Breck neck - Excessive speeding
Broughtupsy - How a child is raised
Bumper - Backside
Caffuffle - Confused
Catspraddle- Knocked out
Crab-mash- Press cothes badley
Cuh-dear - An expression of pitty
Dah-fuh-lick-yah - A taunt meaning serves you right
Dooflicky - A special event
Ducks guts - To be seriously introuble
Effin - Used in place of if
Fedderation - A gathering of noisey people
Gittima - Hand me down clothes
Hard-ears - Disobedient
In-pottuh - In serious trouble
Invitement - Invitation
Leffin - Leavig
Lickmout - One who vents and gossips
Mob-a-ton - Plenty
Mockstick - A person not to be taken seriously
Obzocky - Not fittingly attired or out of place
Onliest - The only one
Pompaste - To show off
Paro - Drug addict
Poor-great - Pretending to be of a higher social standing
Poor-racky - Extremely slim
Pouncy - Bold
Rest-off - To take a break
Wulloss - Signifies disappointment
Wutless - Worthless (usually meaning sexually promiscuous)
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