trini styles ( slangs )
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bazodee ........confused
ah horn............cheat on your spouse or lover
mo-vay-lang.......to bad talk someone, or engage in nasty gossip
wine-winin........a sexually suggestive dance using winding hip
toh-ty (toti).......male genitalia
too-nee (tuni)......female genitalia
mamaguy............to fool someone
ah horn............cheat on your spouse or lover
mo-vay-lang.......to bad talk someone, or engage in nasty gossip
wine-winin........a sexually suggestive dance using winding hip
toh-ty (toti).......male genitalia
too-nee (tuni)......female genitalia
mamaguy............to fool someone
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Lol. This thread is madness. The kind of things I hear since I move to Chaguanas. I can't remember all, but here's some:
Leh we trow - Let's go
Kick up - porn
More meat dan rice - VERY big ass/breasts
Yuh playin' mouse - Acting stupid/Acting like you don't know
Wet your beak - Take a drink
Talk nah, yuh cah talk, yuh mouth full - You can't say anything/You have no comeback.
I tell you, these people lol.
Leh we trow - Let's go
Kick up - porn
More meat dan rice - VERY big ass/breasts
Yuh playin' mouse - Acting stupid/Acting like you don't know
Wet your beak - Take a drink
Talk nah, yuh cah talk, yuh mouth full - You can't say anything/You have no comeback.
I tell you, these people lol.
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ah hav to share dis......TRINIDAD
T-2 tired 2 work
R- ready to party ANYTIME
I- in everybody businezz
N- never on time
I- iz alwayz rite
D- does horn but cyah take horn
A- alwayz limin even Wrk
D- devoted 2 carnival even wen dey broke!
T-2 tired 2 work
R- ready to party ANYTIME
I- in everybody businezz
N- never on time
I- iz alwayz rite
D- does horn but cyah take horn
A- alwayz limin even Wrk
D- devoted 2 carnival even wen dey broke!
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TRINBAGO TRANSLATIONS
USA: Baby, can i talk to you for a sec?
TnT: Pssssssssssst, darky............... family!
USA: Aren't those pants a bit short?
TnT: Yuh expekin flood or wha?
USA: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
TnT: Buh wha trouble is dis? Boy stop flingin meh ting so.
USA: Lift the hood of the car for me John.
TnT: Yute-man, fly de bonnet nuh!
USA: I love you girl.
TnT: Ah rell check fuh yuh, yuh done know.
USA: Oh the poor little boy is handicap.
TnT: Look at de lil invalid..
USA: It's time for a perm.
TnT: Gyul, yuh head need straightenin bad. Yuh doh see all de gren-gren showin.
USA: I have a stomach ache.
TnT: Oh gorm.............. meh belly wuking meh.
USA: He has no manners.
TnT: He doh have no broughtupcy.
USA: WOW!........... he has such a bad body odor
TnT: Yuh doesn't bade?....... oh shims man...... yuh smellin stink!
USA: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
TnT: Dat chile too dam harden.
USA: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
TnT: He duncee fuh so.
USA: I need a bottle of Pepto-Bismol... my stomach hurts.
TnT: Ah need ah purge bad... ah cork up.
USA: It's been a long time since I've seen you girl.
TnT: A.. A...! You still alive gyul?
USA: Oh my goodness, we have lost electricity.
TnT: Jeezanages!!...... current gorn again.
USA: Here Kitty kitty.. get down from the roof.
TnT: Ey yuh ole dutty stinkin cyat, come off de bleddy gyalvanize :hiya:
USA: Baby, can i talk to you for a sec?
TnT: Pssssssssssst, darky............... family!
USA: Aren't those pants a bit short?
TnT: Yuh expekin flood or wha?
USA: Sir, please don't throw my luggage like that.
TnT: Buh wha trouble is dis? Boy stop flingin meh ting so.
USA: Lift the hood of the car for me John.
TnT: Yute-man, fly de bonnet nuh!
USA: I love you girl.
TnT: Ah rell check fuh yuh, yuh done know.
USA: Oh the poor little boy is handicap.
TnT: Look at de lil invalid..
USA: It's time for a perm.
TnT: Gyul, yuh head need straightenin bad. Yuh doh see all de gren-gren showin.
USA: I have a stomach ache.
TnT: Oh gorm.............. meh belly wuking meh.
USA: He has no manners.
TnT: He doh have no broughtupcy.
USA: WOW!........... he has such a bad body odor
TnT: Yuh doesn't bade?....... oh shims man...... yuh smellin stink!
USA: Josh is suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder.
TnT: Dat chile too dam harden.
USA: He has a touch of Dyslexia.
TnT: He duncee fuh so.
USA: I need a bottle of Pepto-Bismol... my stomach hurts.
TnT: Ah need ah purge bad... ah cork up.
USA: It's been a long time since I've seen you girl.
TnT: A.. A...! You still alive gyul?
USA: Oh my goodness, we have lost electricity.
TnT: Jeezanages!!...... current gorn again.
USA: Here Kitty kitty.. get down from the roof.
TnT: Ey yuh ole dutty stinkin cyat, come off de bleddy gyalvanize :hiya:
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Bacchanal - party atmosphere; arguments, confusion e.g. "If dey find out, it will be rel bacchanal."
Back chat - a rude response e.g. "Doh give meh no back chat now, yuh hear!"
Badjohn - a bully; a person who thinks they're really "bad"
Bath suit - swim suit
Band (Carnival) - a Carnival band refers to a group of masqueraders who are wearing the same costumes, or costumes based on the same theme.
Biscuit - cookie, cracker
Bobolee - a person who gets taken advantage of
Bobolize - to bully someone
Boof / buff - to scold
Buss - to burst; to be a flop e.g. "Shux dred, dat party was rel buss."
Buss it - to leave e.g. "Well when I see dat, I buss it!"
Chips - French Fries e.g. "May I have some chips, please?"
Chutney - a type of music indigenous to Trinidad, which evolved from Indian music
Commesse - confusion, conflict
Cunumunu - a foolish person
Dingolay - to dance in a joyful, carefree manner
Dotish - silly, stupid e.g "Don't act dotish nah!"
Doux-doux - sweetie, sweetheart e.g. "Don't mind dat, doux-doux."
Dred - friend (see also hoss, padna); cool e.g. "Dat movie was dred, eh dred?"
Fella - a fellow, a boy, a guy e.g. "Way! Check dat fella!"
Fete - party
Fuh real? - really? Is that so?
Gyul - girl
Horn - to cheat on a boyfriend of girlfriend
Hoss - a close friend
In truth - for real, that's right e.g. "That test was so hard!" Reply: "In truth!"
Lagniappe - a little extra, a bonus
Lil - little
Lime - to hang out in a casual atmosphere e.g. "I feeling to lime."
Maco - someone who minds other people's business! e.g. "Wha yuh macoing so for?"
Make style - to show off
Mamaguy - to make fun of, to fool
Mas - used to refer to Carnival; to play mas - to masquerade
Obeah - black magic, voodoo
Obzokee - unpleasant, out of place
Ole talk - chit-chat, light-hearted chatter e.g. "We was just ole talking dey."
One time - right now, immediately e.g. "De gyul was rel angry so I buss it one time."
Padna - (from "partner") a close friend, buddy
Parang - music played during Christmas time. Parang has a lot of Spanish influences.
Patois - local dialect
Picker - thorns e.g. "Doh touch dat rose bush. It have rel pickers."
Picong - to insult in a jesting manner
Pong - pound e.g. "Gih meh two pongs of tomatoes dey tantie."
Poohar - see dotish
Pot hound / pot hong - a mixed dog; sometimes used as an insult e.g. yuh lazy pothound!
Saga boy / star boy - a male who likes to "make style"; a male who is cool
Screw up yuh face - to make a strange expression, usually when angry or in disagreement of something e.g. "Look how she screwin up she face nah!"
Soca - a type of music indigenous to TnT, derived from "soul calypso"
Soucouyant - from old ghost stories, an old woman who turns herself into a ball of fire and suck's people's blood
Sweet too bad - really nice, pleasant, attractive e.g. "Dred, dat gyul eh play she sweet too bad!"
Sweet drink - term used for soft drink, soda, pop
Sweetie - a sweet, candy
Tabanca - the feeling of hurt and pain when a close relationship ends e.g. "Leave him alone hoss, he gyul leave him. He have rel tabanca."
Tantie - auntie
Tong - town e.g. "I went to tong today."
Toutoulbay - a gullible person
Vex - angry, upset
Whas de scene? - What's up? e.g. Ay padna, whas de scene?
Wine - to gyrate, to rotate hips in a suggestive manner
Back chat - a rude response e.g. "Doh give meh no back chat now, yuh hear!"
Badjohn - a bully; a person who thinks they're really "bad"
Bath suit - swim suit
Band (Carnival) - a Carnival band refers to a group of masqueraders who are wearing the same costumes, or costumes based on the same theme.
Biscuit - cookie, cracker
Bobolee - a person who gets taken advantage of
Bobolize - to bully someone
Boof / buff - to scold
Buss - to burst; to be a flop e.g. "Shux dred, dat party was rel buss."
Buss it - to leave e.g. "Well when I see dat, I buss it!"
Chips - French Fries e.g. "May I have some chips, please?"
Chutney - a type of music indigenous to Trinidad, which evolved from Indian music
Commesse - confusion, conflict
Cunumunu - a foolish person
Dingolay - to dance in a joyful, carefree manner
Dotish - silly, stupid e.g "Don't act dotish nah!"
Doux-doux - sweetie, sweetheart e.g. "Don't mind dat, doux-doux."
Dred - friend (see also hoss, padna); cool e.g. "Dat movie was dred, eh dred?"
Fella - a fellow, a boy, a guy e.g. "Way! Check dat fella!"
Fete - party
Fuh real? - really? Is that so?
Gyul - girl
Horn - to cheat on a boyfriend of girlfriend
Hoss - a close friend
In truth - for real, that's right e.g. "That test was so hard!" Reply: "In truth!"
Lagniappe - a little extra, a bonus
Lil - little
Lime - to hang out in a casual atmosphere e.g. "I feeling to lime."
Maco - someone who minds other people's business! e.g. "Wha yuh macoing so for?"
Make style - to show off
Mamaguy - to make fun of, to fool
Mas - used to refer to Carnival; to play mas - to masquerade
Obeah - black magic, voodoo
Obzokee - unpleasant, out of place
Ole talk - chit-chat, light-hearted chatter e.g. "We was just ole talking dey."
One time - right now, immediately e.g. "De gyul was rel angry so I buss it one time."
Padna - (from "partner") a close friend, buddy
Parang - music played during Christmas time. Parang has a lot of Spanish influences.
Patois - local dialect
Picker - thorns e.g. "Doh touch dat rose bush. It have rel pickers."
Picong - to insult in a jesting manner
Pong - pound e.g. "Gih meh two pongs of tomatoes dey tantie."
Poohar - see dotish
Pot hound / pot hong - a mixed dog; sometimes used as an insult e.g. yuh lazy pothound!
Saga boy / star boy - a male who likes to "make style"; a male who is cool
Screw up yuh face - to make a strange expression, usually when angry or in disagreement of something e.g. "Look how she screwin up she face nah!"
Soca - a type of music indigenous to TnT, derived from "soul calypso"
Soucouyant - from old ghost stories, an old woman who turns herself into a ball of fire and suck's people's blood
Sweet too bad - really nice, pleasant, attractive e.g. "Dred, dat gyul eh play she sweet too bad!"
Sweet drink - term used for soft drink, soda, pop
Sweetie - a sweet, candy
Tabanca - the feeling of hurt and pain when a close relationship ends e.g. "Leave him alone hoss, he gyul leave him. He have rel tabanca."
Tantie - auntie
Tong - town e.g. "I went to tong today."
Toutoulbay - a gullible person
Vex - angry, upset
Whas de scene? - What's up? e.g. Ay padna, whas de scene?
Wine - to gyrate, to rotate hips in a suggestive manner