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"lack up"
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Definition: has a lot of muscles.
Example: "Wach yah! dah gyul lack up bad."
Posted by: La La, 2009.
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lahlah |
Definition:idle gossip.
Posted by: La La, 2009.
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latah |
Definition: pronunciation for "later."
Examples: "Wha you doin latah and so?" "We'll link up you latah!"
Source: Page 83, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
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lee
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Definition: pronunciation for "leave."
Example: "I gon lee ayo." = "I'm going to leave all of you."
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
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lef
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Definition: pronunciation for "left."
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
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"lego"
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Definition: "let go."
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.
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leh
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Definition: "let/let's."
Example: "Leh we go!" = "Let's go!"
Source: Page 83, Say it in Crucian!
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"Leh me geh one ah dem."
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Definition: "Let me have one."
Source: JeVaughn, on Facebook, 2006.
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licks
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Definition: a beating.
Example: "We gato drive some lick in he rass toh cool he dung."
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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"like peas"
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Definition: an endless amount.
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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"like water/watah"
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Definition: idiomatic expression to mean (1) to talk too much, usually saying bad things about someone else ("Afta shje had run her mouth like watar I ask her if she was done." (2) Can also mean "everywhere" ("Babylon round de place like watah.")
Source: Page 57, Say it in Crucian!
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lime
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Definition: (noun) fun place to hang out, location of a party.
Example: "Wha pa de lime deh?"
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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limin, liming
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Definition: (verb) relaxing, hanging out, going out.
Example: "Leh we gane limin no?"
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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lingerin
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Definition: wasting time by doing something else.
Example: "He always lingerin when I need to go somewhere."
Posted by: La La, 2009.
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"link up"
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Definition: says both "goodbye" and "stay in touch." ("We'll link up you latah.")
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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loafin
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Definition: not on your guard.
Example: "Anytime I kech dis dude loafin, he gon geh a cap in he rass."
Posted by: doctropic, 2009.
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loaftin
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Definition: acting crazy.
Example: "She betta not come loaftin roun me again."
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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lock up, locks-up
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Definition: (1) to grow dreadlocks ("He locksing up") or (2) possess dreadlocks ("Leh we go coop dem lock up dudes.")
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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"long eye"
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Definition: a greedy look.
Example: "Your eye long, dehman."
Source: Page 22, Say it in Crucian!
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long-side
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Definition: "along side."
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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"louse"
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Definition: can mean a female who's a whore or a gold digger.
"Mehson that girl deh is a louse!" (whore)
"That girl geh Bobby bazzidy, man he can't see she's just a louse!" (gold digger)
Source: LaToya, on Facebook, 2008.
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lyah
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Definition: pronunciation for "liar."
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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lyrics
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Definition: sweet lines uttered by flirtatious young men ("He start up wit his lyrics dem.")
Source: Page 84, Say it in Crucian!
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