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L
La
Diablesse- ( pronounced Lah jah bless )
- Patois- The bride of the devil- Has one cloven foot-Folklore
Lahay - Idling
Langniappe- ( patois ) - To get a little extra after receiving a service or making
a opurchase - Also having a baby after a gap of several years
Laters
- goodbye- see you later
Lepay - To spread out / To smear
Lochoa- Person who lazy
Lef
dat - Leave that
Leh
- Let, let's
Leh
we- let us
Lick
dong -To accidentally hit someone or something
Licks- A beating-
Licks
like fire- A severe beating
Lime- Hanging about with a small group of friends, talking and drinking and
having a good time. This can be used as a noun or verb. Going on a lime,
or liming..
Loll
off- Assuming a relaxing position while
work is being done
Long
eye - A person who is envious of the possessions of others
Look
who talking ! -Look who Exclamation
used against somebody who is telling you something about another person
of which he himself is also guilty
Look
meh crosses ! - Look my bad luck - Look
meh crosses ! I now hang up d laundry an' it start to rain
Maco
- An inquisitive person, minding other
people's business
Macocious
- A person having the trait of a maco
Mad
House - The lunatic asylum - He look like
he belong in de mad house
Macoumeh (mah-koo-meh) - female godparent ( see compère)
Maga- when yuh thin and frail. Skinny- I saw she in de HILO yesterday an'
she look maga maga
Making
style- Showing off- She makin' style wid
she new boyfriend
Malkadee- To act stupid as if catching fits."Yuh ketching malkadee oh wat?" or
"He was hit on d head so hard , he ketch malkadee!"
Mal
Yeux- ( Patois- bad eye) - Evil eye ( spell
) cast by someone to cause illness or discomfort or bad luck. Can be
countered or warded off by wearing jumbie beads
Mamaguy- To fool somebody with smart talk , to ridicule- False praise- overdone
compliment - "Yuh new purple hair colour look nice, nice"
Mama
Yo! - Expression denoting shock and surprise.
Mannish- How he get on mannish so ? How this little boy acts as if he were a
grown- up?
Matter
Fix - Everything is well organized
Mauvais
langue-( Patois- bad talk {illspeak of
} someone you pretend to be friends with )
Mih
han' slip - An expression used when too
much of an ingredient is used
Mirasmie -Sickly looking.
Mista
Gentleman- Sir
Mooma
- Mother
More
worse- Superlative- T'ings could nah get
more worse todat
Mou
Mou- a person who eh too bright
Mountain
Dew- Illegally distilled alcohol
Mout'er
- A boaster
Mout
Big- Talkative
Much
up - To pamper, to butter up
Nah
Man- No way ! Not at all - never
Nastiness- Good for nothing
Nevah
happen- Impossible
New
bran'- Brand new- She tore she new bran'
dress
Nex
ting- Another thing
Now
fuh Now - Right away, immediately
Obeah- Witchcraft- Black Magic ( Obeahman- Obeahwoman ), voodoo
Obzokee -when yuh fat or overweight, or when something is not balanced, not
quite right, out of shape ( That bookshelf you made looks obzokee )
Oh
Geed, Oh Gaddo - Oh Gross, Oh Yuk, You
don't say
Oh
gorm, man- Expressing shock, surprise
Oh
gosh man - said when aggravated by someone
or something
Oh
shimps, man - shock, surprise
Ole
Talk- Smooth talk used to wriggle out of
a tight situation or to charm one's way into another's favour- Also:
idle chatter, chit chat, social talk
On
Eggs-Pregnant...e.g..."she on eggs"
One
set ah - A lot of anything
One
Time- Immediately- Give meh back meh lawnmover
one time nah, man
Ooman- Woman - Look dat ooman now reach- ( Look, that woman now arrived)
Oui
Pappa- Expression of surprise - " Oui Pappa,
trouble now reach "
Out
of place- Bold- He too bold, he have many
outside women and he wife cyar smile at anudder man
Own-way
- Stubborn person
Panty
man - Girly man
Papa
yo! - Exclamation of surprise
Papesy - Lacking in flavour, colour or
character ( from pap= soft )
Pappyshow- making fun- making a fool out of
Parrotbottom- Talkative....eg...like he eat parrotbottom-
Patois- Broken French language, used by natives
since the French lived in Trinidad- still spoken in parts of the country
e.g. Paramin Village-Many loacal expressions are Patois
Paw-paw- Papaya - tropical fruit
Pelau- Rice-meat-peas dish
Pesh
- Money
Petit
Careme - ( patois ) - The short, dry spell
which occurs during the height of the rainy season - usually in September
P.H.
driver- A driver who uses his private car
as a taxi, which is illegal. In T&T vehicles carry license plates
which start with the letters P, H, R or T - P= private car, H= hired
car- a Taxi or bus - R= Rental car and T stands for Truck or van
Picong-Pikong- see fatigue : to ridicule, to poke fun at someone's shortcomings
Piping
- to do drugs
Pissin'
tail - A person of no class or importance
Pitch
black - very dark (e.g it pitch black out
here oui!)
Pitch
oil- Kerosene
Planass- to beat somebody with the flat side of a cutlass
Playing
it cool - To take it easy
Playin'
social - Someone who pretends to be of a higher social strata
than they are
Plounce- To seat oneself in a not too decorous manner
Pompce
- Silent fart
Popo- a baby
Pot
Belly- A large belly
Pot
houn'- A mongrel- also a person who is
not up to par in his particular field ( also called a shit hound
)
Pong
- Pound
Pong'
an' crown- A lot of money- Dat car cos'
meh a pong' an' crown, oui
Prim-prim
- Disgustingly proper and formal
Pueffen- Tail (meaning 'ass') eg.....Take dat in yuh pueffen
Pull- to get along with somebody : Me and he doa pull together ( we don't
get along)
Pushy- To show off-He too pushy
Pwataik -Customer (East Indian derivative)
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