A fork of Rural Dictionary
A mixture of shortened words and phrases commonly used in daily communication. Aka Trini-dialect
trini slang - A mixture of shortened words and phrases commonly used in daily communication. 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" Band (Carnival) - a Carnival band refers to a group of masqueraders who are wearing the same costumes, or costumes based on the same theme. Bobolee - a person who gets taken advantage of 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!" Fete - party Gyul - girl Horn - to cheat on a boyfriend of girlfriend Hoss - a close friend 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?" Mas - used to refer to Carnival; to play mas - to masquerade Ole talk - chit-chat, light-hearted chatter e.g. "We was just ole talking dey." Padna - (from "partner") a close friend, buddy Parang - music played during Christmas time. Parang has a lot of Spanish influences. Soca - a type of music indigenous to TnT, derived from "soul calypso"