Trinidad and Tobago have an interesting history that influenced our language and overtime we have develop our own dialect that has some unique words. This video covers some of those words and their meaning.
Hope you all enjoy!
Trinidad words and there meaning:
1) Coskel/Cosquelle Brightly coloured, Overwhelming
2) Bazodee – Crazy, Lightheaded
3) Magga – Thin, Skinny
4) Obzokee Odd shaped, Crooked
5) Tabanca – Heartbroken, Lovesick
6) Maco/ Macocious – Nosy, Inquisitive
7) Dotish – Stupid
8) Maljo – Bad eye, Evil eye
9) Cunumunu – Awkward, Idiot
10) Skylard – Idle, Waste time
11) Lime/Lyme – Hangout, Socialize
12) Bacchanal Confusion
13) Fete – Party
14) Juk/Chook – Poke
15) Licks – Corporal Punishment, too beat
16) Dougla Person of mixed AfroTrinidadian and IndoTrinidadian heritage
17) Pips – Flirt
18) Commess – Confusion
19) Bobolee Easily taken advantage of
20) Rumfle – Ruffled, Creast
21) Tite – Drunk
22) Chinkey/choonkey – Tiny, Very Small
23) Umteen – Large Number. A lot
24) Vaps – Suddenly, Unplanned
25) Wajang Bad conduct, Untrustworthy
26) Zug – Crooked, uneven
27) Planasse Beaten with the flat side of a cutlass or machete
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