pa, pah |
Definition: used like "where" ("Pa she deh?" = "Where is she?")
Source: Page 88, 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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pahtnah |
Definition: "partner," friend or acquaintance, usually male.
Examples: "He helpin he pahtnah," "I link up wi my pahtnah dem an just went Sharkey's."
Alternative spellings: pawtnah, pardhah, partnah
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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Papa, papa
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Definition: (1) male Puerto Rican ("Yousa Papa?" = "Are you Puerto Rican?"). (2) slang for "money" ("People bin spendin da papa foh dis ting.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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papeh
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Definition: pronunciation for "paper" ("You know when skool almos ova when de teacha geh you a lang pepa to write.")
Alternative spellings: pepa
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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papi, papis
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Definition: (paPEES) - men, usually Hispanic ("You shoulda see dem sexy Puerto Rican papis!")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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para, parah
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Definition: crazy or paranoid.
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: crackhead, comes from "paranoid. How they get after doing the stuff: "paraman," "parawoman."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"pass by"
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Definition: used where a speaker of Standard English would say "visit," "stop by" or "come by" someone's house."
Example: "I go pass by yo lata" = "I will visit you at your house later."
Posted by: Kathy Cooke, 2009.
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"peace"
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Definition: used as an expression to indicate surprise or disbelief ("Well, my peace!")
Source: Page 12, Say it in Crucian!
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"peace out"
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Definition: used as a farewell ("Peace out, man, an stay safe.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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"peep game"
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Definition: "check it out," "let me tell you something": to inform a person of what's happening ("Peep game: this is how cris I break it down to her.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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peeps
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Definition: my family, my people, from Stateside urban slang ("I went and visit my peeps by Concordia.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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pepe
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Definition: "grandfather."
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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"pickin whelks"
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Definition: Crucian equivalent for "high-water pants," wearing pants that are obviously too short.
Source: Page 58, Say it in Crucian!
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picknee
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Definition: "children."
Alternative spellings: piknee, pickney
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "VI Massive Big Up....reppin in Japan wit me honie an me tree picknies."
Posted by: Tasha on Facebook, 2009.
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P.I.M.P.
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Definition: "Playa Into Making Progress."
Source: Pages 40, 88, Say it in Crucian!
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pistarckle
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Definition: "A boisterous performance. Confusion. Said of a group gone out of control....At a meeting of the Legislature of the V.I. which had gotten out of hand with all shouting and gesticulating at once, President Malloy remarked, "this is like a fish wharf." To which Senator Earle Ottley quickly yelled above the din, "'Tis worse than a fish wharf; 'tis a pistarckle!"
Source: Page 96, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
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plainy
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Definition: a joint made of only marijuana.
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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"play mas'"
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Definition: "To masquerade. To participate in a troupe or floupe at festival time."
Source: Page 97, What a Pistarckle!
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"Plenty a sand on dat beach!"
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Definition: expression to mean one in a million, one of many. Overheard in relation to the number of good-looking men on St. Thomas.
Posted by: doctropic, 2009.
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"Plug it out."
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Definition: to unplug an electrical appliance.
Source: Carrie, on Facebook, 2008.
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popo
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Definition: Stateside slang for "police" ("Deh popo dem staht drivin rung sehing ain got no more parking.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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"pop off"
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Definition: like "go off" in Stateside slang, to go crazy/get violent ("I gon pop off on dem man.")
Source: Page 88, Say it in Crucian!
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"poppin off"
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Definition: slang for "lots going on" ("I reach deh and tings dun been poppin off.")
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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Preblo
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Definition: sometime pronunciation of Pueblo grocery store ("I saw he pueen what had look like a Preblo bag" = "I saw him putting it in what looked like a Pueblo bag.")
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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Pueblo bag
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Definition: used universally to refer to plastic grocery bags from any store on St. Croix.
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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pueen
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Definition: pronunciation for "put it in."
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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Puerto-Crucian
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Definition: someone of Puerto Rican descent born and/or raised on St. Croix.
Also: Cruzanrican
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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"pupah"
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Definition: "father."
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.
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puss
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Definition: "girl."
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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pussman
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Definition: a man skilled at manipulating – "playing" – women by pretending to care about them, when in reality he is only interested in sex.
See also: kyat
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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put put, putt putt
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Definition: an old car.
Source: Page 89, Say it in Crucian!
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"puttum"
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Definition: To put something down or away.
Example: "Puttum deh" ("put it there") or "puttum up" ("put it away").
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.
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