Trinidadian Dictionary

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Macco.....A person who minds other people's business for the purpose of gossip.  e.g. "Wha yuh macoing so for?"

Macco Meter..... Check the degree to which a person mind other people's business

Maccocious.....A person having the trait of a maco

Make Style.....Show off as in "Eh-eh, but I find she only makin' style on people!"

Maga.....Very thin, skinny

Mamaguy.....To make fun of, to ridicule

Mama Yo! .....Expression denoting shock and surprise

Mama Poule .....A weakling, someone who can be taken advantage of

Mampie......A Fat Woman

Maracas Bay.....The most beautiful beach in Trinidad, high waves, great scenery.

Mass*.....(Mas) Carnival costumes, or playing mas, street revelry in carnival costume.

Matter Fix.....Everything is well organized

Meh (My) ....."Gi' me de ting when you come to meh house, pahtnah."

Mih han' slip.....An expression used when too much of an ingredient is used

Mo-Vay-Lang.....French for "Bad tongue" (Mauvais Langue) To bad talk someone, or engage in nasty gossip

Moco Jumbie..... Stilt dancers, an African tradition carried over to Trini carnival Their costumes represent jumbies, or spirits, of African mythology, in Haiti the word jumbie was corrupted to zombie

Mooma.....Mother

Muddah...mother

Mout'er.....A boaster

Much up.....To pamper, to butter up

Mud Band.....A J'Ouvert mas where band members cover their bodies in mud from head to toe