JAMAICA
ADJECTIVES
► JAM DOWN Jamaican → 1994 Jamaica sl.
NOUNS
► ACID a special unit of the Jamaican police force, especially feared because of their severe tactics → 1990s W. Indies & UK Black teen usage
► BUNGO-TALK illiterate speech; the lowest level of uncultivated Jamaican speech → 1940s W. Indies
► JA Jamaica → 20C W. Indies Rasta
► YARD ► YARD, THE Jamaica → 1980 sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► J.A. a Jamaican → 1970s W. Indies sl.
► MADAGASS a light-complexioned Black person of Jamaica, esp. one whose hair is less woolly than common → 1873
► WRAP-HEAD a member of the Pocomania Afro-Christian religion → 1987 Jamaica
► YARDIE ► YARDY a Jamaican → 1984 sl., orig. W. Indies
► YARDMAN a Jamaican; a Jamaican gangster → 1994 W. Indies & Black British teen sl.
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