"off de chain" |
Definition: from urban slang, meaning "da bomb," really good, extremely attractive.
Source: Page 87, 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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"Old fowl mek good soup."
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Definition: Never leave old friends for new.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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Old Year's Night
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Definition: Crucian equivalent to Stateside "New Year's Eve.
Posted by: doctropic, 2009.
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"One bite caan' eat mango."
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Definition: It takes time to do what one must.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"One penny caan jingle."
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Definition: "It takes two to tango."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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onliest |
Definition: used to mean "only" ("Dat de onliest one.")
Source: Page 87, Say it in Crucian!
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"Ooooh, Lawd!"
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Definition: A dramatically uttered expression to indicate agreement or surprise ("He goin party wid she? Oooooh, lawd!")
Posted by: doctropic, 2009.
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orda
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Definition: pronunciation for "order."
Source: Page 87, Say it in Crucian!
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"Out de lite."
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Definition: "Turn off the light."
Source: Carrie, on Facebook, 2008.
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"outside chile"
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Definition: child born to a couple, the father married to another woman.
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"outside woman"
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Definition: "A married man keeping another femail mate is said to have an outside woman."
Source: Page 90, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
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"overstand"
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Definition: From Rastafarian thought, to have a complete understanding of something.
Formal definition: "The Rastafari philosophy asserts that every man woman and child are equal ...therefore the individual who is receiving the information is equal to the communicator of the information and superior to the idea being communicated. That being said, one should not 'understand' or stand under an idea; when they absorb and correctly perceive an idea they 'overstand' it."
Source: Hypolite, Unika. "Why Do Rastas Say Overstand?" Rasta Reason (website). 3 March 2008. 29 Dec. 2008. <http://rastareason.wordpress.com/2008/03/11/why-do-rastas-say-overstand-2/>
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