jack spaniard, spaniel |
Definition: the particularly ill-tempered kind of wasp found on St. Croix.
Example: "A lot of jack spaniel sting me allova deman."
Alternative spellings: jacspania
Source: Page 82, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
|
|
|
"Jackass ga' no business in hoss race."
|
Definition: People should know their station in life.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
|
"jacked-up" |
Definition: from Stateside slang, "messed-up," bad.
Example: "Fo real, dah bin a jacked-up day."
Source: Page 82, Say it in Crucian!
|
|
jam
|
Definition: a party.
Example: "Eh geh a jam in wes." = "There's a party on the west end of the island."
Source: Front cover image, page 82, Say it in Crucian!
|
|
Jamaican tam
|
Definition: a hat for dreadlocks.
Source: Page 82, Say it in Crucian!
|
|
"jean pants"
|
Definition: where a statesider would say "jeans," a Crucian will say "jean pants."
Source: Page 82, Say it in Crucian!
|
|
"jive tru"
|
Definition: pronunciation for "drive through." ("When I deh in di Wendyz jive tru an look in my wallet, I had to tell de woman I comin back and tek a pass in by Banco wi my ATH cuz my pocket been huhting." = "When I was in the Wendy's drive through and took a look inside my wallet, I had to tell the cashier that I'd be right back after going by Banco Popular with my ATM card, because my wallet was empty.")
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
|
|
jokey
|
Definition: describes someone who is silly, not serious.
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "means 'full of shit.' 'This partna waisting my time, he jokey.'"
Source: Tai, on Facebook, 2006.
|
|
jumbie
|
Definition: ghost, spirit.
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: (spelled "jumbee," "1. Ghost. Apparition. Spirit. [Usually said of an evil spirit.] From African Bantu, "Njambi" = Supernatural being. Kongo, "Nzambi" = god. Zumbi = fetish. 2. Supernatural power that according to belief may enter a human body, dead or alive. 3. Bogeyman. Used to threaten children."
Source: Page 63, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
|
|
blank entry
|
Definition: blank
Example: blank
Source: blank
Alternative spellings: blank
Tags: blank
|
|
| |
| |
|
