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F
Fainty - Usually used to describe a weak scent
Fall
out - To stop speaking with someone or
to terminate a friendship
Family
way- pregnant
Farda-
or Faddah- Father
Farse - Forward - Yuh want to know all mih business? Yuh too farse, man
Farting
Pills- Chataigne ( a cousin to the chestnut
)
Fatigue - To give fatigue, to ridicule, to poke
fun at someone's shortcomings- " Doa give meh fatigue man,or ah buss
yuh mout "- also see Picong
Fetch - bring
Fête- A dance, party, jump up, loud music, lots to eat and drink, dancing
until wee hours of the morning.
Fête
buss- The fête has been a financial
loss
Fête
Match - A friendly game of football, cricket,
hockey etc. where the accent is on having a good time with lots of accompanying
food, drink and "fatigue", the outcome of the match is purely for boasting
rights
Fig - Banana
Fire
one- Have a drink
Fishenin'- Fishing ( Tobago )- He went fishenin'
Flambeau- A lighted flame made by using a cloth as a wick , stuffed in a bottle
of kerosene
Flim- film
Founkie(foong-key) - Foul-smelling, stink odour
Footy
well - Come what may- " Yuh footy well
have to pay meh back meh money"
Fowlbottom -Pouted...eg....she mout' like ah fowlbottom
Fraid- Afraid
Free
gift- A gift - If yuh buy the fridge, yuh
get ah free gift with it
Frennin- A couple who are seeing each other regularly or are living together
- "Yuh know John is frennin with Jean now ?"
Fresh
Water Yankee- A Trini who, having visites
the USA for a short time, drops his Trini slang for an American accent
Fuh
true/troot? - Yes that is true. Is that really so?
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G
Gahzette
paper : News paper
Galavant- Hanging around without doing anything
constructive
Gallary
- Showin off
Galvanize- Zinc sheets used to cover roofs
Garaly
- ( gallery )- Verandah or porch
Get
orn - Behaving : Man, why you gettin on
so ? Behaving bad
Gilpin
- Cutlass/machete
Goat
mout'- Bad luck- Yuh put goat mout' on
dat- usually when somebody predicts the bad outcome ( sometimes good
outcome) of an event and it comes exactly true
Gobar
- Cattle dung
Go
down ( Food )- Man, dat food go down good,
it tastin' too bad ( very good)
Goin'orf - Someone who appears to be going out of their mind, acting strangely
Grancharge- To make threats about getting into a fight without the intention of
carrying out the threat. " He onlygranchargin' man !!"
Gundy- The two bigger claws in a crab- as defined as the big gundy and the
small gundy
Gun
talk - Fighting words, to threaten verbally
Gyul - Girl
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H
Hands
up-To be held at gunpoint
Harden
- Disobedient- stubborn
Hasecara- Trouble or confusion - to make hasecara
Hen- effeminate man
Hi-Lo- Local supermarket
Hole
strain- Wait a while- hold on a while-
" Doa be so impatient, hole strain"
Horrors -Fretting- Doh ketch no horrors- doh dig
no horrors= don't fret yourself
Honest
truth - The truth - Well gyual, to tell
yuh de hones' truth : Ah haven't bought de gif' yet
Hototo(hotoetoe) - A very large amount of anything
How
de la vie?- How is life?, how yuh goin'
?
How
yuh mean ?- You don't say
Horn- When the one you love has an affair with someone else
Horner
Man- Horner Woman- The person who does
the horning
Head
Hot- Very busy with things that have to
be done now- Doa talk to meh, meh head hot right now
Howdy
or howdee - Hi, Hello
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I
I
eh payin' tax fuh mih mout' - I could say anything I want
Ignorant-
also igronant - quarrelsome, annoying-
" Dat fella really get on ignorant, oui"
In
de Bamboo- To be in the doghouse, to be
in trouble ( traditional meaning). Modern meaning: refers to the large
number of used car part places in Bamboo Village, near Valsayn. One
can find nearly any car part in De Bamboo at quarter the price anywhere
else
In
ting - To be involved in current activity
In
truth- For sure- I goin' in truth
now - I am really leaving now
Irregardless - No matter what the circumstances are-
Is
so ? - Is that so ? Is that the truth ?
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J
Jagabat - a loose woman (sometimes called a jammette)
Janjut- Trouble (East Indian derivative)
Jeezan
ages or geezan ages - Exclamation- (similar
to Oh heck! or Oh shoot)
Jook - Pricked. To get jook is having a splinter or thorn get into one's
skin or getting jabbed with a sharp object
Jookin
Board- Ribbed board for washing clothes
Jumbie - Spirit, ghost
Jus'
now - Just now can mean any time span,
a minute, five minutes, an hour, a week, a month ........ So,
"I will call you back jus' now" could mean hours ( or never, ha,
ha, ha ) so don't hold your breath
Jus'
so! - All of a sudden -out of the blue-
without provocation
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K
Kaiso - Calypso
Kankalang- Same as 'tankalanka or 'comess' i.e. problem resulting from farseness
(see farse)
Karcoo
- ( East Indian origin ) somewhat stupid,
like ah nincompoops
Ketch
arse - tough, difficult, hard times (see
Catch one's royal, etc)
Kicksin'
- Fooling around- Making fun of somebody
or a situation
Kilketay -lopsided; uneven
Klim- Any brand of powdered milk- not just Klim
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