Jamaican words/phrases that make you laugh

[churchgirl]

So what are they?

I find the following funny.

Insipid as in "lawks dis yah bebridge insipid bwoy"

Yuh bertis used interchangeably with "yuh bahine"

boogu-yagga as in "pickney, mek yuh suh boogu-yagga[/b]

[Nunya]

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bertis? A fus mi a hear dah one deh...

[BlessedLadyOfZion]

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lol. me too

[neutral]

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bertis? A fus mi a hear dah one deh...

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Never hear dat before miself. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[churchgirl]

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Lawks man!!! Mek unnu a flap di show suh?! Cho! Mi haffi guh ask mi granny weh shi getti fram. Mi always hear har widdi.

[Nunya]

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Yuh sure ano "Yo, Bertis!" yuh granny say? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70402-thinking.gif[/img] Maybe she's just hip like dat...

btw, think carefully, smaddy nuh eena yuh family name Bertis? ~lol~

[churchgirl]

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Yuh sure ano "Yo, Bertis!" yuh granny say? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/70402-thinking.gif[/img] Maybe she's just hip like dat...

btw, think carefully, smaddy nuh eena yuh family name Bertis? ~lol~

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Come ya Nunya!! Come mek a greet yuh wid a holy fis. *kissteet* [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Yuh rump! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[mangoskin]

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'dress up to puss back foot' [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[tsophra]

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foohfah

me deyah a.....
me dey ponna.....(insert whatever you're doing at that moment)
I gwine show yu 'ow wata run guh a pumkin belly [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] how the heck did they come up wid dat [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[Nunya]

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Come ya Nunya!! Come mek a greet yuh wid a holy fis. *kissteet* [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] Yuh rump! [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Holy fis??? Now dat mek mi lawf [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[neutral]

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Come ya Nunya!! Come mek a greet yuh wid a holy fis.

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[Suesumba]

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dah poas yah mek mi teet negge [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

[Nunya]

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A so yuh spell ie? ~lol~ Mi always wanda how fi spell ie eno...an seeing fi yuh spelling, I was hard pressed not to put another negge next to it, which would then make it one of our famous double words, which would have absolutely no meaning, unless you're churchy's gramma [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[BlessedLadyOfZion]

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mi 'ooden 'pell ie suh

nej [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]

[churchgirl]

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unless you're churchy's gramma [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

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Is di last time a share nutten from mama wid yuh. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]