trini slang

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.

bacch-n-l – party atmosphere; arguments, confusion e.g. “if dey find out, it will be rel bacch-n-l.”
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”