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safe
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Definition: used to ask if you're ok, or if everything is cool.
Example: "U safe or wah?"
Posted by: La La, 2009.
Definition: "refers to being ok, alright, good, gravy... you can ask or answer a question with it. Asking a question: 'Wha u sayin u safe or wha?' ( how are u doin. r u ok?) Answering a question: 'Yea man i safe mehson.' (yup im good)."
Source: Legra, on Facebook, 2006.
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Definition: Santo Domingan ("Youza Santo?")
Source: Page 91, 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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Definition: device for weighing out marijuana.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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scobop
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Definition: "to get cursed out, wrath up, insulted, or dissed. 'Wha, your mudda scobop you dread.'"
Source: Tai, on Facebook, 2006.
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"seerious"
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Definition: (emphasis on the "ee") - pronunciation for "serious" ("Dese is seerious times mehson!")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "Sereas i ting deez modaskunts fuckin retadded."
Source: Anetra, on Facebook, 2007.
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self
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Definition: often used in conjunction with a pronoun ("Meain self know" = "I don’t know, myself", "you can self res" = "you can rest yourself.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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shame
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Definition: used where Standard English speakers would use "ashamed" ("Afta dat, I feel shame.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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shanty
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Definition: (shanTEE) - bus stop shelter ("You won believe wah happen to we while walkin to deh shanty fo deh bus.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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sharp
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Definition: "good-looking" ("Yo sharp de man!")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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sheen
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Definition: (sheAIN) literally "she ain't" ("Sheen gon help you.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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"Sheep don bring goat."
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Definition: "Children must resemble their parents."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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shuga
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Definition: "sugar," refers to diabetes.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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shorty
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Definition: from urban slang, a good-looking female.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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"sick"
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Definition: (1) borrowed from urban slang, used to mean "cool" or beautiful ("Dat cyar look sick!"), (2) can mean "crazy" ("Ayo man sick" = "You people are crazy.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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siddung
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Definition: pronunciation for "sit down."
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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skanty
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Definition: "bicycle."
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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skeezer
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Definition: slang for a woman with low morals and poor hygiene.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
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sket, skettle, sketty
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Definition: a sexually promiscuous woman ("Of course you don know she a big sket askin me could I loan she some money." "I aint sitting nex to dem sketty girl from east end.")
Source: Pages 49, 91, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "Sket... this term is derived from the Jamaican word 'Skettel Boom.' A sket is a nasty, slack, or sexually wild female... in other words, A HOE! (This is an insult when called one). However, for some reason, guys like being called a sket. 'Dah girl been sex-ing from since she was 10 and she done fuck her cousin. She is A SKET.'"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.
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skunt
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Definition: see "muddahskunt," literally a euphemism for "cunt,"extremely rude term ("Siddung and hush yoh skunt!")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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"skunthole"
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Definition: Rude slang for "mouth."
Example: "Shut yur skunthole!"
Posted by: Nicole, 2009.
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skyatta
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Definition: (pronunciation for "scatter" ("When it reach like 5 a.m. we skyatta, and I went home and knock out on de couch.")
Alternative spellings: scatta
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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skyut
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Definition: pronunciation for "skirt."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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slippas
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Definition: literally "slippers," but refers to dress shoes.
Alternative spellings: slipas
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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"slow yuh roll"
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Definition: used to mean "Now, just slow down a minute!"
Example: "Yoh need to slow yoh roll meson!"
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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smaddee
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Definition: Significant other, spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend ("somebody").
Example: "Yoh hab a smaddee?" = "Do you have somebody?"
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.
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smegs
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Definition: "No Name Brand Sneakers..usually bought in Payless, Kmart, Pueblo, etc."
Example: "They rocking smegs like it's Nikes."
Source: Tai, on Facebook, 2007.
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so
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Definition: Used to express "So what?" "I don't care."
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.
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"soon come"
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Definition: coming soon ("Christmas soon come"), or as in "I'm coming back soon."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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"Soon ripe, soon rotten."
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Definition: "Let nature take its course."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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someting
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Definition: pronunciation for "something."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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"Someting in de mortar besides de pestle."
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Definition: "There's more to the story than meets the eye."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.
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"stop lie"
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Definition: "stop lying" ("She tell me dis your new cyar and I say stop lie!")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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strappin
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Definition: carrying a concealed gun ("Keep it on the down low, but I'm strappin.")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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strupid
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Definition: euphamism for "stupid."
Alternative spellings: schupid, shupid, chupid
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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"suck teeth"
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Definition: see "chupse."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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suh
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Definition: "such," commonly used as "and suh" at the end of a phrase ("She was all ova me giving me hugs an suh.")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
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suss
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Definition: can mean "a secret". "Like if somebody ask you who rob de bank and u know who did it, u could say 'Das a suss.'"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.
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swatcey
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Definition: fat and slobby.
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: (spelled "swatsy"), "Obese. Unkempt."
Source: Page 121, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
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