Trending Words on Jamaican Patwah

Marijuana

Made famous by the Bob Marley song of the same name, this is a slang term for marijuana

Patois: Light up di kaya mi bredda, wi a guh smoke it all nite
English: Light up the marijuana my brother, we are going to smoke it all night

sweetheart

someone dear to you

Patois: Mi luv mi boonoonoonoos
English: I love you my sweetheart

During an argument it is used to express feelings of anger or used when excited or within a conversation with friends.

Patois: Bumbo-p**sy-raasclaat, cuh deh!!
English: What the f**k! Look at that!

kidding

Patois: Yuh muss deh joke
English: You must be joking

You

Patois: Yuh need fi cum now
English: You need to come now

Don't

Patois: Doah cum roun yah
English: Don't come around here

YUh p**sy smell like jones beach

A vagina with extremely sour scents

Patois: Gyal! yuh pum pum tun down, mi cyan go fishing outta dat bumbowhole
English: Girl! your vagina stinks, I can go fishing out of that motherf**ker

jealous / envious

someone that is jealous

Patois: Yuh too badmind
English: Your too jealous

Excessive / over do it

To do more than is necessary

Patois: Yuh neva haffi drink suh much, yuh deh ova dweet
English: You didn't have to drink so much, you're being excessive

To kill or murder

To kill or murder someone, especially by the use of the gun.

Patois: Nuh lang talking, jus queff dem all straight
English: No time wasting, just kill them all at once.

Blood Cloth

Bloodclaat is used as an adjective when cussing. The direct translation is Blood Cloth, meaning sanitary towel! P**syclaat also translates to P**sy Cloth, same ting... Raasclaat and Bumboclaat and Battyclaat translate as Bum Cloth, as in toilet roll!

I dont really feel to put a cuss here, lets just say if someone calls you a bloodclaat they are implying that you are the recipricant of body waste! In simpler terms, you are filthy!

Patois: How di bloodclaat yuh fi duh mi like dat?
English: How the f**k could you do me like that?

Same way

Patois: Mi dweet di sedway
English: I did it the same way