N

Nah......No Nancy story/Cock and Bull story......Lame excuse Never see come see......Someone recently exposed to something new and who overdoes it to ridiculous proportions Never happen......Expression of disbelief or doubt Now fuh now.....Instantly Nowherian.....A person who does not have any fixed place of abode

O

Obzokee.....Awkward in appearance, anything bent or twisted out of shape Oh geed!.....An expression used when an offensive smell or taste arises Oh goooooood.......Expression of shock or surprise Ol' talk.....Idle chatter, social chit-chat One set ah.....A lot of anything One time......Immediately Out (Make ah out).......Make a mistake Own-way.....Stubborn person

P

Pan......Steel pan Papa yo!.....Exclamation of surprise Papesy......Luke warm or wishy washy Pappy show......To make a pappy show of someone is to ridicule them Parlour......Little cafeteria where snacks and drinks can be bought Pawmewan......(Po' me one) Someone feeling sorry for themself. Someone worth feeling sorry for Pick up......To have attracted the attention of the opposite sex Playin' social.....Someone who pretends to be of a higher social strata than they are Pong.....Pound Po-po.....Very small child, baby Pothound......Mongrel dog of no specific breed, usually a stray Prim-prim.....Disgustingly proper and formal Provision......Term used for any or all root vegetables Punchin......Homemade rum of very high potency (equivalent to moonshine)

Q

Qualey/Qualed up......Withered, dried up Quenk......Wild pig or an irritating person

R

Raff.....To grab suddenly Racatang.....Broken down Ram-cram.....Packed to capacity Ratch......To arrive at an answer or end result using dishonest or dubious means Rent-a-tile......To dance closely and slowly with little movement with your partner Road march......Most popular calypso played during the carnival festivities Ruction......chaos and confusion. Noisy altercation Rumfle.....Ruffled or wrinkled

S

Saga Boy......Flashy dresser Self......Used at the end of any sentence to add emphasis Shades.....Sunglasses Shif' yuh carcass.....Move over, get going Sketel......Ugly woman or woman of loose morals Skinnin' yuh teet'.....Grinning Skin up yuh nose.....To turn up one's nose at anything Soca......Calypso Sock eye......Easy, requiring little effort Sometimeish.....Moody Storm......Gate crash a party or event Strimps.....Shrimps Sweetie.....Any confectionary Sweet drink......Any soda Swell up yuh face.....To look angry, to pout

T

Tabanca.....The forlorn feeling one gets when a love affair is over Take what I tell you......Believe me when I say Tanty.....Aunt Tight.....Intoxicated, drunk T'ing.....Thing To besides.....Besides which Too bad......Used at the end of a statement to indicate very or plenty Too-tool-bay.....A confused state,in a daze, also head over heels in love Toute baghai......Everything, to encompass all Trini......Trinidadian Trinidad time......Anytime, up to many hours late for an appointment

U

Umpteen.....Plenty of anything Ups an......To do something suddenly without warning

V

Vex money......Money in case you argue with your date and have to find your own way home

W

Wajang.....A roudy, uncouth person, a woman of loose morals Warahoun......A quarrelsome annoying person Walk wit' yuh two han' swingin......To arrive empty handed especially when contributions are expected Waltz in......To enter with airs, or enter uninvited Well......Used in a statement to emphasize a point Well yes!.....An expression of disbelief Whappen?.....What's the matter with you? Wha-happenin' dey?.....What's happening Wha' scene yuh on......Why are you behaving in that way? What do he/she......What's the matter with him or her. Said with annoyance Whey.....Where Who sen' me......How did I ever get involved. An expression of regret for having started something Wine......To dance to soca calypso, to rotate the waist and hips

X

X it......To measure a distance using the span of your thumb and little finger

Y

You an' all?.....You too? You so.....People like you Young fridge......Very large speakers used in street fetes and blockos Yuh doh pay tax for mih mout'......You can't tell me what to say. I can say anything I like Yuh faddah head.....an expression of annoyance Yuh faddah is a glassmaker?.....You are blocking my view. Yuh look fuh dat.....It's your own fault Yuh makin' joke!.....You can't be serious! Yuh story......You're lying

Z

Zug-up.....A rough and uneven cutting of anything

Better belly bus' than good food was'e.....It is better to vereat than to throw away good food Every bread have it cheese......No matter how unattractive a person may be there will be someone somewhere that thinks they are beautiful Goat doh make sheep......Children are usuallybehave like their parents. Chip off the old block Marriage have teet'......Marriage is a serious undertaking. Something to be afraid of, it can "bite" Shroud eh have pocket......You can't take your money with you when you die, so enjoy it while you're alive T'ief from t'ief does make God laugh......when a dishonest person gets conned, he will get no sympathy What de eye doh see de heart doh grieve......What you don't know can't hurt you What doh kill fatten......Flippantly said about food slightly stale or fallen on the ground, then dusted off and eaten What monkey see monkey do......People with little sense or imagination often copy others Who doh hear go feel......Those who ignore words of advice or warnings will suffer the consequences Yuh go put fowl to watch corn?......Would you put a thief to watch your money? To do anything foolish in this manner

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