Dreadlocks
A hairstyle of matted coils of hair
Patois: Him natty well long and neat.
English: His dreadlocks are very long and neat.
The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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Refers to someone with dreadlocks
Patois: Di natty bwoy a play football.
English: The dreadlocked boy is playing football.
Rastafarian
Slang term used to refer to a Rastafarian who wears dreadlocks.
Patois: Check di natty dread fi sum more weed
English: Check the dreadlocks man for some more weed
Babylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
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