Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – bad mout

bad mout (Phrase) Meaning/Description: bad mouth, to speak bad about someone, gossiping

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – bad wud

bad wud (Verb) Meaning/Description: bad word

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – badda

badda (Adjective) Meaning/Description: bother, extremely bad person

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – badda badda

badda badda (Phrase) Meaning/Description: bother bother, to constantly bother someone where it becomes annoying.

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – badderation

badderation (Phrase) Meaning/Description: a big problem

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – baddest

baddest (Adjective) Meaning/Description: worst

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – facety/faisty

facety/faisty (Adjective) Meaning/Description: used to describe someone being feisty or fresh

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – ya man

ya man (Interjection) Meaning/Description: yes man, a term used to describe something being just fine or ok. May sound like “Ya Mon”. Be warned that this term may be seen as a negative sterotype by many Jamaicans.

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – yute

yute (Noun) Meaning/Description: youth

Learn the Jamaican Patois Word – yush

yush (Interjection) Meaning/Description: hello, similar to the slang yo