Trinidadian Dictionary

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"B"

babash.......Home made, illegal, alcoholic beverage (mountain dew, moonshine) which in Trinidad can be made of just about anything organic.

Bacchanal.....Scandal, heavy quarreling, big party, confusion

Back Back.....A suggestive dance performed with the male dancer's front rubbing against the female's rear, and vice versa

Back chat.....Insolent response, especially from a child to an adult

Back Pay .... Money owing to union workers that they have been negotiating for a very long time.

Bad eye (cut-eye).....A look of anger, especially when looking from

the corner of the eye

Ba-John....A bully or a really tough customer

Bam bam.....Also Boom-boom, boomsie, bamsie, bam-a-lam, background, backside, behind, ass, bottom / butt

Bamsee.....The rear end, what you sit on

Bamsee-hole....ass hole

Bam-se Lambe.....Rather attractive bamsee

Band*.....A group of Carnival masqueraders with costumes designed on a related theme. A band can have 4,000-7,000 people divided into 25 or more sections, each with it's own theme and several music trucks. Each band has a huge King and Queen costume. Carnival Tuesday will see about 20 large bands go across the savannah stage and parade in the streets in competition.

Bath suit.....swim suit 

battin ..... The act of throwing back one's head while holding a drink at one's mouth so as to finish it in a single attempt

Bawlin' (Bawling).....To cry, yell or howl

Bazodee ........ A state of dizziness or confusion, typically caused by members of the opposite sex

BeeWee.....(BWIA) British West Indian Airways, the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago now Caribbean Airlines (since Jan 1st,2007) after 66 years in the air as BWEE with a flawless accident record.

Biscuit.....cookie, cracker

Bitin'meh style...followin' the same thing (style) as one's person

Beppin ...... he art of puking the ten dollar tequila shots (that went down real good) and our brains at the same time, outside of Nuts or in Pelos Bathroom. OR To fall asleep while traveling OR The action of hitting the glass, seat or person next to your during sleep while travelling

Bobolee ...... A stupid person

Bobolize.....to bully someone

Boll'face.....A pushy person, unreasonably demanding

Bonafide ...... Somone's Steady Girl/Boyfriend

Boof/buff.....To insult, yell at or argue with someone

Brace ..... Denied entry to a party/fete OR a girl/boy blanking a boy/girl OR prepare oneself for a bad news

Bredda ...... slang for "brother" or "Breddren" Broughtupsy.....Showing that a person was properly brought up

Broughtupsy.....Showing that a person was properly brought up, decorum

Buh wait nah.....But wait a minute, now hold on/it

Buh aye aye......But wait a minute, now hold on/it

Bull .... another word for sexual intercourse

Buller or bullerman... a derogatory word for a gay man/homosexual

Bun.....Trini pronunciation Burn

Buss.....to burst; to be a flop e.g. "Dred, dat party rel buss."

Buss it.....to leave e.g. "Well when I see dat, I buss it!"

Buss Up Shut.....(Pharata) See Roti, Shredded roti skin, resembling a "bust up shirt"