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Descriptions and adjectives in Jamaican Patois
Words for describing people, places and things.
- BashyFlashy, stylish, impressive“Yuh look bashy tonight!”: You look sharp tonight!
- BoonoonoonoosSpecial, lovely, wonderful; darling“Yuh boonoonoonoos to mi”: You're very special to me
- Chaka-chakaMessy, disorganized“Guh fix up yuh room, it chaka-chaka”: Go and tidy your room, it's messy.
- ChupidStupid“Dat a chupid idea.”: That's a stupid idea.
- CrissNice, sharp, brand new“Yuh look criss”: You look really nice.
- DuttyDirty“Tek off yuh dutty shoes before yuh come inside.”: Take off your dirty shoes before you come inside.
- EediatIdiot; idiotic“Him a one raasklaat idiat!”: He's a damn idiot!
- FacetyRude, cheeky, out of line“Yuh too facety!”: You're being fresh/disrespectful!
- FassNosy, meddlesome“Wah mek yuh so raas faas?!”: Why the hell are you so nosy?!
- Fenke-fenkeWeak, feeble, flimsy“Dis chair fenke-fenke, nuh siddung pon it.”: This chair is flimsy, don't sit on it.
- Fool-foolFoolish, silly“Nuh badda wid dem fool-fool ting deh.”: Don't bother with that foolishness.
- GinnalCon artist, trickster“Him a ginnal — him love pay wid big bill an confuse yuh wid di change.”: He's a con man — he loves to pay with big bills and confuse you with the change.
- Hard earsStubborn, disobedient, won't listen“Yuh too hard ears, mi tell yuh already!”: You're so stubborn, I told you already!
- MawgaSkinny, very thin“Yuh too maga!”: You're too skinny!
- StushPosh, snobbish, high-class“Shi too stush fi eat street food.”: She's too stuck-up to eat street food.
- TallawahStrong, sturdy, not to be underestimated“Shi likkle, but shi tallawah.”: She's small, but she's strong.
- WutlissWorthless, good-for-nothing“Him a one wutliss man, im nuh work fi nutten.”: He's a good-for-nothing man, he doesn't work at all.