<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-weight: bold">What dem mean exactly? <span style="font-style: italic">Add yours ...</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mrs_Ahmidis</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-weight: bold">What dem mean exactly? <span style="font-style: italic">Add yours ...</span>
Batta batta: - <span style="color: #CC0000">depends on the context, usually means just beating around the place.
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Chacka-chacka: - <span style="color: #CC0000">Means haul an pull up or looking a mess
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Ray-ray: - <span style="color: #CC0000">Blah Blah Blah </span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mrs_Ahmidis</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-weight: bold">What dem mean exactly? <span style="font-style: italic">Add yours ...</span>
Batta batta: bruised or beaten up. if smaddy say lawd mi deh yah a battah batta...it kinda mean dem a struggle and tings hawd. it often used to discribe fruits...lawd dem mango yah batta batta up and look like dem did a fight ware
Chacka-chacka: messy or untidy...since beenie sing dat song doe mi no sure if it mean sinting else
Ray-ray: etc etc
Fenkeh-fenkeh: puney puney...poley poley...means weak - not very strong or sturdy
Licky-licky: greedy or beggie beggie.
Meckeh-meckeh: nasty as in gross looking or during rain time wen its muddy. same meaning as pekkeh pekkeh or puttuh puttuh...like weh u coo di rice too soft or wen di ackee mash out inna di pot and turn putt putt
Ragga - Ragga: dishevelled or same as chacka chacka
Bre - Bre: uhm mi no know is dis the same as bra- bra?
Lenky - Lenky: like u would say smaddy tall and lenky lenky. or dem lenky lenky like bean stalk....mi cyan quite find the one english word fi dis rite now. mi want to think flacid but dat always mek ppl tink of other tings. lol</span></span> </div></div>
chambah chamba---basically means mangled. like u cut something but u didnt cut it smoothly yuh chambah chambah it or sawkah sawkah it....sawkah sawkah can mean to
flah flah---used to decribe food u think is or looks disgusting or dont tast good...eg mi no want none a tanya flah flah weh she cook
<span style="font-weight: bold">Bre - Bre</span>: I want to imagine this is along the same lines as <span style="font-weight: bold">"Brah-Brah</span>" ...used as an affirmation when in conversation with someone.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Usage</span>: <span style="font-style: italic">"Yu si di gyal ova deh a wear dem kine a skin out clothes...me caan wear dem sitten deh...no <span style="font-weight: bold">brah brah</span>"</span>
<span style="font-style: italic">Breh breh</span>...maybe that'show it should be spelt because I think it was the pre-<span style="font-style: italic">butu </span>word.
She a <span style="font-style: italic">breh breh</span> missis...mi noh want nutten fi duh wid har...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mrs_Ahmidis</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Breh breh</span>...maybe that'show it should be spelt because I think it was the pre-<span style="font-style: italic">butu </span>word.
She a <span style="font-style: italic">breh breh</span> missis...mi noh want nutten fi duh wid har... </div></div>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mrs_Ahmidis</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Oonu good so far...now for some more from our colourful language...
Cyass-cyass: <span style="font-weight: bold">Argument</span>
Deady-deady: <span style="font-weight: bold">In a weakly state.</span>
Degeh-degeh:<span style="font-weight: bold"> One single unit.</span>
Dibby-dibby: <span style="font-weight: bold">Foolish</span>
Gwaany-gwaany: <span style="font-weight: bold">Pretentious </span>
Lay-lay:<span style="font-weight: bold"> To idle</span>
Nuff nuff: <span style="font-weight: bold">Hyperbole for plenty</span>
Play-play. <span style="font-weight: bold">Imaginary</span>
Sawka-sawka: <span style="font-weight: bold">Same as duggu duggu...act of coitus.</span>
Back - Back: <span style="color: #FF0000">Eh?</span>
Goody - Goody: <span style="font-weight: bold">Demure female</span>
Luggo - Luggo: <span style="font-weight: bold">Act of bearing an excessive load</span>
walla-walla: <span style="color: #FF0000">Eh?</span>
I love the phrase <span style="font-weight: bold">dugu dugu</span>, I said to my ex once, come lets go dugu dugu....he said what the hell does that mean I replied yu 2 gwanie gwanie he replied stop talking to me in your jamaicanese lingo.
I always thought <span style="font-weight: bold">batta batta </span>mean yu party 2 much, so i used to say to friends I <span style="font-weight: bold">batta batta </span>all weekend
Stormmey - yes batta-batta can be used to describe as "hanging out with others"
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stormmey1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I love the phrase <span style="font-weight: bold">dugu dugu</span>, I said to my ex once, come lets go dugu dugu....he said what the hell does that mean I replied yu 2 gwanie gwanie he replied stop talking to me in your jamaicanese lingo.
I always thought <span style="font-weight: bold">batta batta </span>mean yu party 2 much, so i used to say to friends I <span style="font-weight: bold">batta batta </span>all weekend </div></div>
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