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A substance ingested as a purgative or for detoxification.
washover
Fake gold
washy kong
Sneakers or running shoes
wassy
Full of spirit and fight
waste down
Useless. No good
waste man
A useless person. One who is a "waste of space".
wat a stress
An expression indicating some combination of shock, surprise or bemusement.
wata daag
River otter
watchekongs
Canvas soled tennis shoes.
watchnight
A late night church service to usher in the new year.
water coconut
A young coconut where the flesh has not completely hardened.
water-dipper
A dragonfly.
water head
Hydrocephalic
water lily
The Victoria Regia water lily. The national flower of Guyana.
water more than flour
Things are bad hard luck hard times
waterman
The Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae. This is a medium-sized rail. The adult Purple gallinule has big yellow feet, purple
wattle and daub
A style of building construction where walls are made from slats of bamboo or other wood and coated with mud or clay.
wax apple
A light coloured cultivar of the Malay apple
waya
Melicoccus bijugatus; Ovoid green fruit that grows in bunches on trees up to 30m high. The fruit typically ripen during the summer. The fruit is relat
We don't play hockey, we eat ackee
A funny bit of wordplay by deejay Shabba Ranks that depends on the overlapping pronunciations of 'ackee' (the food) and 'hockey' (the game). This pron
weak laka rat
To be as weak as a rat or mouse. To be extremely weak.
weed
Marijuana; Cannabis
weedhead
One who is addicted to marijuana.
weh di go aan
What's up? Whats going on? What is happening?
welks
A small aquatic snail often found attached to rocks in rivers. They are edible and sometimes used as an ingredient in soups
well
Very. In the fullest sense.
Wen da tree ben yu cyaa straighten it
Train children properly before it's too late
Wen man dead grass grow da i door mout
The dead are soon forgotten.
Wen yu gwine knock anansi memba di wall
When you try to hurt another be sure you aren't hurting yourself.
west indian cherry
The fruit of a small tree originally from South and Central America. The fruit are green when immature, and turn yellow/red to bright red when mature.