What are some words that are part of your local dialect that are not used anywhere else?
If you are Guyanese, you might use words like plimpla and bambhai. 
Plimpla - Thorn on a tree.
Bambhai - Food saved for later.
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Words that are unique to your Country.
2017-10-16 18:16:48
2017-10-16 18:19:47
In reply to black
E salop.
Meaning you is a salop.
2017-10-16 19:01:52
In reply to black
sting n nettles .... a child who is very fidgety
2017-10-16 19:36:11
In reply to black
Bad-du(h).
2017-10-16 19:39:32
In reply to black
bambi is was used in Jamaica!
2017-10-16 19:39:37
In reply to black
flattie and finey ... the flat curved bottles in which rum was sold ... 1/2 or 1/4 ..finey fits in your back pocket good
2017-10-16 19:41:21
In reply to nickoutr
flask or QQ WE CALL THAT.
qq means quarter quart.
2017-10-16 19:52:43
In reply to nickoutr
I am sure Black knows what a flattee is.
Guyanese have a fair amount of unique words, like "banna", "binni", "paggilly", "danja", etc, of unknown origin, that are not simply corrupt pronunciation of English words.
Jamaicans have many words too, but I think the Trinis take the cake. We all know who the Bajans love to think they are - except Che.
Some of the Windwards, however, have an entirely different language (French patois) at their disposal. It must be a thing of beauty, despite Courtesy's repeated attempts to tarnish it. 
2017-10-16 20:04:34
In reply to Norm
I am sure Black knows what a flattee is.
Guyanese have a fair amount of unique words, like "banna", "binni", "paggilly", "danja"
Guyanese have a fair amount of unique words, like "banna", "binni", "paggilly", "danja"
I am familiar with all except danja.
Is it danger? I don't think that is unique to us.
2017-10-16 20:07:39
In reply to black
danja is money isn't it?
2017-10-16 20:10:53
In reply to black
I am familiar with all expect danja.
"danja" = "money".
How about "taw", "wabin", "kassa kassa", "boonghi", "mattee" and "sajiwang"?
("Mattee" could possibly be a corruption of "matey", but I understand there is a similar word, with similar meaning, in some local Amerindian languages.)
2017-10-16 20:17:51
In reply to Norm
How about "taw", "wabin", "kassa kassa", "boonghi", "mattee" and "sajiwang"?
Oh skunt bhai!!! You from Essiquibo?
I think I know "wabin" and "mattee".
2017-10-16 20:25:07
blacks yuh "bucktah" showing
2017-10-16 20:29:07
In reply to doosra
Big man nah wear buckta.
2017-10-16 20:31:16
In reply to black
yuh come from canje ?
2017-10-16 20:34:49
In reply to doosra
yuh come from canje?
Naah, but is only lil bhai ah run rung wid buckta all day.
2017-10-16 20:37:18
In reply to black
You from Essiquibo?
Kildonan Village, Corentyne. Attended Kildonan C of S (Church of Scotland) Primary School (as it was known back then), before going to the big QC in Georgetown.
2017-10-16 20:40:39
"Bukta" was an underwear brand name, that stuck in Guyanese parlance, sort of like "Dingo Bob" for the Yardies. Other such words include "dissota", "clarks" and others.
Guyanese kept a few words from the Dutch days, such as "stelling", "koker" and a few more.
2017-10-16 20:44:10
In reply to black
BIGLY!
2017-10-16 20:48:13
In reply to nitro
Haha
2017-10-16 20:48:30
African words also came into common use in Guyana, such as "obeah", "baku", "kwehkweh", "creketeh", "metemgee", "booleggeh" and many more.
Then there are many (East) Indian words.
Collectively, Guyanese have a rich collection of unique cultural markers - that we do not seem to appreciate in general.
2017-10-16 20:50:38
In reply to Norm
Yeah someone on here explained "bukta" before.
I used to think it was a slang.
2017-10-16 20:50:50
In reply to Norm
Guyanese kept a few words from the Dutch days, such as "stelling", "koker" and a few more.
dam is one of them hence backdam
2017-10-16 20:52:24
In reply to Norm
dutty ... from Indian word dharti meaning earth ... somehow the English word dirty evolved to dutty too
2017-10-16 20:55:01
In reply to nickoutr
I knew it was used for both but I always thought it meant "dirty"
2017-10-16 20:56:49
In reply to nickoutr
Our old songs contain many old Guyanese words, phrases and other things cultural. Songs like "Sanko lick he luva pan a dam ...!", "Waan marning de captain wake ...!", etc.
2017-10-16 20:59:06
In reply to nickoutr
dutty ... from Indian word dharti meaning earth
Interesting. I knew what "dutty" meant but hadn't realized it was not really of English origin. The things we take for granted!
2017-10-16 21:00:47
In reply to Norm
Desoto was the term for cars back in the days ... Desoto being a brand name too
old higue ... probably derived for old hag .. a very rude term for old woman
2017-10-16 21:01:49
In reply to Norm
Sanko lick he luva pan a dam
Dem Ole people love that song.
2017-10-16 21:03:13
In reply to nickoutr
Desoto was the term for cars back in the days ... Desoto being a brand name too
I think it was a brand name.
2017-10-16 21:03:14
In reply to Norm
remember the firday night before a hindu wedding
maticore night ... referred to as dig dutty night by locals
2017-10-16 21:05:45
In reply to black
Sanko lick he luva pan a dam
as kids we loved that song when he had music class we used to add our own words
2017-10-16 21:05:53
In reply to nickoutr
old higue ... probably derive for old hag .. a very rude term for old woman
I wouldn't be surprised if "Old Higue" came from African, or Portuguese, folk lore. The similarity to "Old Hag" might be coincidence.
2017-10-16 21:05:57
In reply to nickoutr
remember the firday night before a hindu wedding
maticore night ... referred to as dig dutty night by locals
maticore night ... referred to as dig dutty night by locals
Yep.
2017-10-16 21:08:52
In reply to Norm
I wouldn't be surprised if "Old Higue" came African, or Portuguese, folk lore. The similarity to "Old Hag" might be coincidence
This came up before. I think it was Portuguese or Dutch.
2017-10-16 21:09:22
In reply to nickoutr
dig dutty night
No true Guyanese Hindu wedding would be complete without that, or rubbing dye on the groom.
2017-10-16 21:15:15
In reply to Norm
I miss those days a lot ... especially baryat ... the groom going to bride's residence
2017-10-16 21:15:22
The word "marabunta" seems uniquely Guyanese too, but it may have (East) Indian origin.
The word "boulanger" is a complete mystery. Despite its similarity to French, the meaning is very different.
2017-10-16 21:15:45
In reply to Norm
I remember dig dutty but I can remember if it was before or after the wedding. It has been years since I attended one.
2017-10-16 21:16:25
In reply to nickoutr
especially baryat ...
Ah! The motor car parade, complete with honking, etc!
2017-10-16 21:17:39
In reply to Norm
The word "marabunta" seems uniquely Guyanese too, but it may have (East) Indian origin
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Got stung by 3 at one time.
2017-10-16 21:17:45
In reply to black
It has been years since I attended one.
You skunt spending too much time on the internet - searching for God!
2017-10-16 21:19:09
In reply to Norm
Ah! The motor car parade, complete with honking, etc!
All Guyanese weddings are nice.
2017-10-16 21:20:35
In reply to Norm
You skunt spending too much time on the internet - searching for God
I don't live in Guyana anymore.
2017-10-16 21:24:28
In reply to black
I don't live in Guyana anymore.
Go back and attend every "kweh kweh" and "dig dutty" you can find while you are there!
2017-10-16 21:27:47
In reply to Norm
The word "marabunta" seems uniquely Guyanese too, but it may have (East) Indian origin.
it may be south American origin ... I heard it referred to in an old movie "The naked Jungle"
it was really army ants ... in Guyana we call this brown wasp like insect marabunta which give bad stings ... the balck one we refer to as kwakoo ... one sting from that and you get fever
2017-10-16 21:35:01
In reply to nickoutr
the balck one we refer to as kwakoo ... one sting from that and you get fever
We call that "black man soldier".
2017-10-16 21:41:52
In reply to nickoutr
the balck one we refer to as kwakoo ... one sting from that and you get fever
I think that is a myth, the sting is no more painful than the brown one.
2017-10-16 21:44:40
In reply to black
I lived on various sugar plantations until I left Guyana ...the things you hear from the older folks like the water-munna ... a white lady combing her hair (really a mermaid) sitting on a koker luring the early morning fishermen to their doom ( drowning )
2017-10-16 21:50:53
In reply to nickoutr
I heard that story about the white lady combing her hair before.
2017-10-16 21:55:47
In reply to nickoutr
the balck one we refer to as kwakoo ... one sting from that and you get fever
A marabunta sting was serious business. I heard the black ones were worse than the (more common) reddish ones. An encounter with marabuntas was always a possibility when playing bumper ball by houses in the neighborhood.
Another peril was the "kap-kap" ants - a type of soldier ant, alluded to above. One time we even had to contend with a "camoodi" in the trench where the ball ended up!
2017-10-16 22:00:13
In reply to Norm
Kap kap is overrated, those little red ants are worse.
Especially if you step on the mound.
2017-10-16 22:00:46
In reply to nickoutr
the things you hear from the older folks like the water-munna
The water "mooma". Again, this might be related to African folklore. After all, "Obeah" was the god of water, and the water mooma was a sort of nymph-like creature under Obeah's command, who would hang out on rocks in the water.
2017-10-16 22:03:22
In reply to black
Kap kap is overrated
Naw. One time, a black kap-kap almost 2 inches long clapped one on my foot, above my "bata yatching boots". I saw "ning ning" for hours after that! Couldn't even walk!
2017-10-16 22:05:11
In reply to Norm
The word "boulanger" is a complete mystery. Despite its similarity to French, the meaning is very different.
Man just she bigan and done...
2017-10-16 22:06:51
In reply to nickoutr
dutty ... from Indian word dharti meaning earth ... somehow the English word dirty evolved to dutty too
that's strange Bob said "rain a fall but dutty tough" meaning the ground is hard despite the rain.
2017-10-16 22:07:48
In reply to Norm
Naw. One time, a black kap-kap almost 2 inches long clapped one on my foot, above my "bata yatching boots". I saw "ning ning" for hours after that! Couldn't even walk!
Yuh probably had an allergic reaction.
The thing is, it's usually one or two, but those little red ants come at you by the dozens.
2017-10-16 22:09:02
In reply to Kay
bigan
"Baigan" is of Indian origin, which makes it unlikely that "boulanger" is. The Guyanese word is pronounced "balanjih", unlike the French word with the same spelling.
2017-10-16 22:09:47
In reply to Norm
The water "mooma". Again, this might be related to African folklore. After all, "Obeah" was the god of water, and the water mooma was a sort of nymph-like creature under Obeah's command, who would hang out on rocks in the water.
isn't that the same as river mooma we have in Jamaica, which is basically another name for mermaid?
2017-10-16 22:10:48
In reply to black
Yuh probably had an allergic reaction.
Naw, I was, and still am, allergic to nothing. That mean little sucker was carrying a lot of venom.
2017-10-16 22:13:24
In reply to camos
isn't that the same as river mooma we have in Jamaica, which is basically another name for mermaid?
Yes. I think they are the same.
2017-10-16 22:13:59
In reply to camos
Bob said "rain a fall but dutty tough"
Probably comes from East Indians in Jamaica.
2017-10-16 22:14:29
Brawta.
2017-10-16 22:16:18
In reply to Drapsey
What is brawta?
2017-10-16 22:19:31
In reply to Norm
as a boy growing up in the cockpit country , I remember kap kap ants, that something we avoided, another one was 'horse fly'.
2017-10-16 22:19:58
In reply to camos
isn't that the same as river mooma we have in Jamaica
That's almost identical to folklore in Guyana, where the water mooma is associated with rivers or sea areas near the coasts. They were also called "femaids", which was probably a corruption of "fair maidens".
2017-10-16 22:20:19
In reply to black
What is brawta
brush brush!
2017-10-16 22:20:57
In reply to camos
Ok
2017-10-16 22:23:35
In reply to black
actually brawta means a little extra, popular in the markets.
2017-10-16 22:23:47
In reply to Norm
They were also called "femaids", which was probably a corruption of "fair maidens".
Is it "femaids" or "freemaids?"
2017-10-16 22:25:00
In reply to camos
another one was 'horse fly'.
Those are probably the big flies that sting - that gave rise to the Guyanese saying "Fast fly does dead in cow ass"!
We also had tiny ones called "sand fly" on the coast, and some really bad ones in the jungle areas called "kabouri fly". The kabouri is said to be related to the tsetse fly in Africa. They are mean creatures that swarm their "prey" in millions - even drawing blood if shelter (such as diving into a creek or canal) isn't found quickly.
2017-10-16 22:28:08
In reply to Norm
We had tiny ones called "sand fly" on the coast, and some really bad ones in the jungle areas called "kabouri fly"
I thought it was "Sam fly"
Those little fuckers are a pain in the ass.
2017-10-16 22:28:08
In reply to Norm
some big stinging redhead flies ,only saw them deep in the woods.
2017-10-16 22:29:29
In reply to black
it is sand fly, you find them at the beach certain time of the year.
2017-10-16 22:30:40
In reply to black
I thought it was "Sam fly"
Man, you got almost all the names wrong! Town man only know to choke'n rob people!
2017-10-16 22:32:01
In reply to Norm
Meh nah town man.
The words can be easily misinterpreted. When nickoutr used to term "munna" I had no idea what he was talking about, until you said "mooma".
2017-10-16 22:33:10
you guys have "forty legs" in GT?
2017-10-16 22:37:21
In reply to camos
some big stinging redhead flies
They are the same in Guyana - in the countryside.
2017-10-16 22:39:08
In reply to camos
you guys have "forty legs" in GT?
What's that? A centipede?
2017-10-16 22:40:37
In reply to black
Btw, note the historical and social value of folklore, myth, etc, as alluded to in other discussions.
2017-10-16 22:48:22
In reply to Norm
Yep that is the local name for a centipede.
2017-10-16 22:49:52
In reply to black
Kap kap is overrated, those little red ants are worse. lol
Tac Tac here,they cut your skin...some big shiny bottom lightening fast ants..
2017-10-16 22:50:20
Mucumflau..
Yum! 
2017-10-16 22:52:44
In reply to camos
that is the local name for a centipede.
There are a few types of centipedes in Guyana, ranging from tiny ones about an inch in length to monsters over 6 inches long, with very tough skins. The big ones pack a mean sting, but rarely cause trouble for people.
2017-10-16 22:55:50
In reply to bravos
Mucumflau..
That sounds like something from a prayer to the Man Above!
2017-10-16 23:13:17
In reply to Norm
where does the word bassadee come from?
2017-10-16 23:15:37
In reply to nickoutr
'Bazodee' T&T
2017-10-16 23:16:21
In reply to Norm
It's sometimes the answer to prayers...every man wants to have his own.. 
2017-10-16 23:17:31
In reply to bravos
you guys have manikoo and zaboca
2017-10-16 23:17:40
In reply to nickoutr
where does the word bassadee come from?
I have no idea. This is probably another unique Guyanese word.
Wait. Bravos says it's used in T&T too.
2017-10-16 23:18:30
In reply to nickoutr
Yep!! 
2017-10-16 23:19:54
In reply to nickoutr
Up to 10 mins ago we now saying we shoulda get a zaboca for the buljol (saltfish with olive oil and tomatoes onion etc)) for breakfast in the morning.
And one big ass manicou was just in the yard!
2017-10-16 23:21:11
In reply to bravos
every man wants to have his own..
Hmm. Sounds like a Guyanese "wabin".
2017-10-16 23:22:12
In reply to Norm
"guabine' pronounced 'wabine' is actually a real fresh water fish name here..
2017-10-16 23:25:28
In reply to bravos
"Wabin" is the (oldish) Guyanese term for an experienced prostitute. I think Sparrow (or another calypsonian) referred to a wabin in a song that started with: "Gimme a wabin. Wabin is mi life!"
2017-10-16 23:30:25
In reply to bravos
And one big ass manicou was just in the yard!
Known as a "yowari" in Guyana. The ones on the Guyana coast love to live in tall trees.
2017-10-16 23:40:33
In reply to Norm
Well yuh close,but prostitutes as well as nuns have a mucumflau!!
2017-10-16 23:41:44
In reply to Norm
Known as a "yowari" in Guyana. The ones on the Guyana coast love to live in tall trees.
Yes the bigger of the species like trees,they always in my Chinese coconut trees..
2017-10-16 23:43:37
'Tizzick'
Shaky and nervous,tusty (thirst)..
2017-10-16 23:57:12
Who owns "bigly"? or I am mixing up time period and countries?
2017-10-17 00:08:52
In reply to bravos
my grandmother use to warn us if we play with cats we will get tizzik
I thought it was a word she made up
2017-10-17 05:29:25
In reply to black
In Trinidad that is "bachack".
2017-10-17 06:36:39
In reply to nickoutr
my grandmother use to warn us if we play with cats we will get tizzik
I thought it was a word she made up
I used to hear that all the time when I was young.
2017-10-17 06:50:20
Boungie - A swollen eye or forehead.
Janiper - A large mosquito.
2017-10-17 07:01:05
In reply to nickoutr
my grandmother use to warn us if we play with cats we will get tizzik
Puss tizzik is also known in the Yard.
2017-10-17 07:41:52
In reply to Drapsey
yes!
2017-10-17 07:55:44
In reply to black
Bambhai - Food saved for later
Not unique.
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2017-10-17 07:58:06
In reply to Ewart
Not unique.
True, because it is a corruption of "bye and bye".
2017-10-17 08:01:45
In reply to Norm
What about kaba kaba? That is sorta like dibi dibi that Jamaicans use.
2017-10-17 08:03:21
In reply to Norm
do you guys use
nyam:to eat
bickle: food in GT?
2017-10-17 08:05:03
In reply to camos
Yes.
2017-10-17 08:05:29
Unique words contd.
Mamaguy - Trinidad
Jacket (illegitimate child) - Jamaica
Wrenk (excessively rude) - Jamaica
Bobolee - ??
Hol' a fresh (shower/freshen up) - Jamaica
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2017-10-17 08:07:03
Cunumunu - That's just a plain fool.
2017-10-17 08:07:49
In reply to Drapsey
Puss tizzik is also known in the Yard.
boy! how many times my mother said "boy if I lick you ,you have tizzick"
2017-10-17 08:12:25
In reply to Ewart
congussa? not sure of the spelling,means to gossip?
2017-10-17 08:20:00
In reply to black
What about kaba kaba?
Haven't heard that one.
2017-10-17 08:21:44
In reply to camos
do you guys use nyam:to eat, bickle: food, in GT?
Guyanese say "yam" and us it with "out", as in "yam out".
Never heard of "bickle". The Guyanese slang for food is "jert".
2017-10-17 08:24:39
In reply to Norm
do you know "duck ants" thy make a large black hard elliptical nets that birds use for nesting after the ants abandon the colony?
2017-10-17 08:27:18
In reply to camos
do you know "duck ants"
No, but that sounds fascinating!
2017-10-17 08:33:34
In reply to Norm
Guyanese say "yam" and us it with "out", as in "yam out".
Guyanese use nyam also.
Never heard of "bickle".
Jezez man, Jamaicans pronounce the "T" sound with a "K".
Guyanese would have said, "nyam bittle".
2017-10-17 08:34:50
In reply to Norm
Bickle is the Jamaicanization of victuals.
Yuh know, they love to show their Spanish heritage in the substitution of 'V' with 'B'.
2017-10-17 08:41:46
In reply to Drapsey
Bickle is the Jamaicanization of victuals.
Amazing. Old English and Biblical.
2017-10-17 09:21:32
In reply to granite
In Trinidad that is "bachack".
Bachac tame compared to tac tac..
Kids pick up bachacks,can't pick up a tac tac..you will get about a dozen sting feeling like gunshot before you brush it off..ouch!!
2017-10-17 09:22:50
In reply to nickoutr
Yuh know all ah alike..we does only play ting..
2017-10-17 09:57:41
In reply to bravos
Tabanca
2017-10-17 09:59:18
gimme lil "konchie" more nah....asking for a little more food
2017-10-17 11:06:18
What about Bharwa? Think dat is used for antiman
2017-10-17 11:07:13
Surprisingly, Guyanese and Jamaicans have a lot in common. Trinidad and Guyana have a lot in common also.
2017-10-17 11:11:59
In reply to black
Surprisingly, Guyanese and Jamaicans have a lot in common. Trinidad and Guyana have a lot in common also.
And the Bajans?
2017-10-17 11:12:08
In reply to black
Plimpla - Thorn on a tree.
we was using pimpla in Barbados from musse back before I was born. infect I musse aint even hear the word thorn (outsida church) til I was in high school.
2017-10-17 11:28:18
In reply to defeyeant
Really?
It must be the Guyanese influence.
2017-10-17 11:38:14
In reply to Drapsey
And the Bajans?
Not so much.
We like the women.
2017-10-17 11:51:48
Wow, black scored yet another 6 pager.
Keep it going, black!
2017-10-17 12:12:58
Paglee
Like nuff a ya’all on here
2017-10-17 12:13:50
In reply to Kay
bharwa is not for antiman dude
bharwa is when yuh not able to mek pikney
2017-10-17 12:14:09
In reply to ray
that's kanchie, how yall change up dem things suh
2017-10-17 12:16:14
is godee used anywhere else?
2017-10-17 12:24:45
In reply to Drapsey
He may have some financial interest in this site.
He keeps it interesting.
He is so different from the biased, racist ProWi and Prof.
2017-10-17 12:35:17
In reply to doosra
bharwa is not for antiman dude
bharwa is when yuh not able to mek pikney
bharwa is when yuh not able to mek pikney
Antiman can't mek pickney either, not with another antiman.
2017-10-17 13:38:57
I asked what is the meaning of Scunt, I heard GT guys used it for years, 'oh scunt, me scunt . I know of a 'C$unt'.
2017-10-17 13:39:58
In reply to nitro
He may have some financial interest in this site.
Next time yuh see Wacky,tell him to send my money.
2017-10-17 14:20:58
In reply to tc1
I asked what is the meaning of cunt, I heard GT guys used it for years, 'oh cunt, me cunt . I know of a 'cunt
Fixed it for you.
2017-10-17 16:18:48
In reply to black
Cunt is universal.
2017-10-17 16:32:35
In reply to tc1
I never said it was not universal. You asked what it meant.
2017-10-17 17:16:39
Banas
2017-10-17 19:48:36
In reply to Runs
Banas
That's all you came up with?
2017-10-17 20:10:28
In reply to black
Paglee stupid
2017-10-17 21:00:41
In reply to tc1
what is the meaning of Scunt
Scunt = cunt.
It is similar to a few other Guyanese words that result from carrying over letters from preceding or following words. "Scunt" comes from "his cunt". Similarly, "rass" comes from "your ass".
The most unique one though is "eye pass", which comes from "rising past", as in "You think you are RISING PAST me?". My creative Guyanese brethren changed that to "You tek you eyes pass me?".
Most non-Guyanese are left scratching their heads over that one, not being sure what "de rass" they are being told - with only the manner in which this was said indicating that it was not something nice!
2017-10-17 21:29:48
kata: that trash cushion people put on their heads when carrying loads.
bankra: round basket made of bamboo.
2017-10-17 21:48:37
Kanta - That chap makes kanta houses, aka no good
2017-10-17 21:55:23
What about ‘ Chunnu’ ? Ray, Chaanchi is what I think you get from chamming pum pum.. you might want to fact check that!
What about ‘bak shat’ ‘rum jumbie’’piss patacake’ ‘Kak killa’... there are more!
2017-10-17 22:10:16
In reply to Norm
Scunt = cunt.
It is similar to a few other Guyanese words that result from carrying over letters from preceding or following words. "Scunt" comes from "his cunt". Similarly, "rass" comes from "your ass".
The most unique one though is "eye pass", which comes from "rising past", as in "You think you are RISING PAST me?". My creative Guyanese brethren changed that to "You tek you eyes pass me?".
Most non-Guyanese are left scratching their heads over that one, not being sure what "de rass" they are being told - with only the manner in which this was said indicating that it was not something nice!
It is similar to a few other Guyanese words that result from carrying over letters from preceding or following words. "Scunt" comes from "his cunt". Similarly, "rass" comes from "your ass".
The most unique one though is "eye pass", which comes from "rising past", as in "You think you are RISING PAST me?". My creative Guyanese brethren changed that to "You tek you eyes pass me?".
Most non-Guyanese are left scratching their heads over that one, not being sure what "de rass" they are being told - with only the manner in which this was said indicating that it was not something nice!
I had the "rass" and "skunt" thing figured out but the "eye pass" is a classic. Only Guyanese could put that together.
2017-10-17 22:38:01
In reply to camos
kata: that trash cushion people put on their heads when carrying loads. bankra: round basket made of bamboo.
Never heard these. Seems to have no connection to English words.
2017-10-17 22:39:15
In reply to Runs
Kanta
Another Guyanese classic! No sure whee this came from either.
2017-10-17 22:48:05
In reply to WestDem
Chaanchi is what I think you get from chamming pum pum..
What about ‘bak shat’ ‘rum jumbie’’piss patacake’ ‘Kak killa’
What about ‘bak shat’ ‘rum jumbie’’piss patacake’ ‘Kak killa’
Man, you are in a category all by yourself. I heard some of those in the rum shop - the real rum shop!
"Patacake", meaning vagina, seems uniquely Guyanese. Never heard of "rum jumbie", but I heard of "rum-boogie", which is also Guyanese.
"Chaanchi" comes from curdling milk. It's the brown stuff (curd) left on the "caraji". Some "wutliss" West Dem chap probably made a connection to that while "chamming" "naamin"!
2017-10-17 23:12:46
Guyanese Slang
Ayou - talking about someone else
Alooo - potatoes
Bruk up - broken
Box you - slap you
Buck ta - male underwear
Blind - curtains
Battie - butt
Cut tail,Cut ass - A serious spanking
Cut yeye - cutting your eye at someone by turning the eyes the other way.
Cyar - car
Coolie - east Indian
Chana - chick peas
Draaz - female underwear
Frock - dress
Grip - suitcase
Ganda eeggg - spoil egg
Gimme - give me
Hise up - lift
Jumbie - ghost
Karna - corner
Magah - thin or skinny
Nettin - mesh
Picknie - child
Prappa - proper
Pailing - fence
picha - movie
Rum shop - bar
Sweetman - have another woman although he’s married
star gyal - actress, really pretty girl
Skin teet - smile.
Vex - angry
Werie pepper - little round red peppers
Wutless - wicked, mischievious.
Yanda - just over there
Yaatin boots - Sneakers
2017-10-17 23:28:58
In reply to Dan_De_Lyan
Ayou - talking about someone else
Alooo - potatoes
Bruk up - broken
Box you - slap you
Buck ta - male underwear
Blind - curtains
Battie - butt
Cut tail,Cut ass - A serious spanking
Cut yeye - cutting your eye at someone by turning the eyes the other way.
Cyar - car
Coolie - east Indian
Chana - chick peas
Draaz - female underwear
Frock - dress
Grip - suitcase
Ganda eeggg - spoil egg
Gimme - give me
Hise up - lift
Jumbie - ghost
Karna - corner
Magah - thin or skinny
Nettin - mesh
Picknie - child
Prappa - proper
Pailing - fence
picha - movie
Rum shop - bar
Sweetman - have another woman although he’s married
star gyal - actress, really pretty girl
Skin teet - smile.
Vex - angry
Werie pepper - little round red peppers
Wutless - wicked, mischievious.
Yanda - just over there
Yaatin boots - Sneakers
Alooo - potatoes
Bruk up - broken
Box you - slap you
Buck ta - male underwear
Blind - curtains
Battie - butt
Cut tail,Cut ass - A serious spanking
Cut yeye - cutting your eye at someone by turning the eyes the other way.
Cyar - car
Coolie - east Indian
Chana - chick peas
Draaz - female underwear
Frock - dress
Grip - suitcase
Ganda eeggg - spoil egg
Gimme - give me
Hise up - lift
Jumbie - ghost
Karna - corner
Magah - thin or skinny
Nettin - mesh
Picknie - child
Prappa - proper
Pailing - fence
picha - movie
Rum shop - bar
Sweetman - have another woman although he’s married
star gyal - actress, really pretty girl
Skin teet - smile.
Vex - angry
Werie pepper - little round red peppers
Wutless - wicked, mischievious.
Yanda - just over there
Yaatin boots - Sneakers
Coolie - east Indian
You know that is a derogatory term right?
2017-10-18 00:26:50
In reply to black
New words for you
Duxie coconut .... coconut gone rancid
Kassa ... referring to something sour
2017-10-18 00:28:06
In reply to black
Derogotary in the Guyana context only - and depending on the context. "Coolie" means "laborer" in English.
2017-10-18 00:42:52
In reply to Norm
way back when east indians and Chinese labourers were termed coolies
2017-10-18 06:35:00
Katch (up) - To bolster.
Pronounced like how Ganga pronounces catch.
2017-10-18 07:24:32
In reply to nickoutr
New words for you
Duxie coconut .... coconut gone rancid
Kassa ... referring to something sour
Duxie coconut .... coconut gone rancid
Kassa ... referring to something sour
Oh yeah. Don't forget the Kaaja.
Kaaja is the spongy substance in the coconut as the coconut starts to germinate.
2017-10-18 10:10:58
Ginal - Meaning Trumplike (Someone who is a trickster or con-person).
Oh yes, the Jamaican ginal!
2017-10-18 10:27:46
In reply to Drapsey
We call conmen, cackman in Guyana 
2017-10-18 10:52:37
In reply to black
Kaaja is the spongy substance in the coconut as the coconut starts to germinate.
as kids we found the kaaja or growie quite palatable
2017-10-18 10:53:24
In reply to Runs
We call conmen, cackman in Guyana
I think the Trinis also have Bengy (sp), or something like that.
2017-10-18 10:57:00
In reply to nickoutr
as kids we found the kaaja or growie quite palatable
Oh yes, very tasty.
2017-10-18 11:07:11
In reply to black
you know what a posy is?
posy ... a utensil older folk have under bed for passing water in the night
an old posy is used on a stick to ward off the evil eye or badeye
2017-10-18 11:10:19
In reply to nickoutr
You ever had the "coconut heart?"
It's like little "shoots of branches" inside the palm trees at the top.
2017-10-18 11:11:45
In reply to nickoutr
you know what a posy is?
posy ... a utensil older folk have under bed for passing water in the night
an old posy is used on a stick to ward off the evil eye or badeye
Yes, I know what a posy is, too many jokes about them.
2017-10-18 11:24:23
Cachar - Someone not to be trusted, will spill the beans
2017-10-18 11:27:35
In reply to Runs
Cachar or Cochor?
2017-10-18 12:10:04
In reply to black
I have heard both words used
2017-10-18 12:39:02
Patkay...
2017-10-18 13:54:16
G-tea fellas...i forgot mamaguy! Tree-knees use it too. Help me...i remember grown ups using that term. 
2017-10-18 16:12:14
In reply to Drapsey
Ginal is the modern jamaican word for con man, while the old time jamaican word is samfie.
2017-10-18 16:17:32
In reply to Drapsey
When I was a Jamaica patois interpreter in a UK court i had to explain to the judge and jury what the defendant meant when he used the word "katch". They initially thought they were listening to Ganga.
2017-10-18 16:18:36
In reply to Kay
patkay ... a kind of wrestling move hoist you up and lick you down isn't ?
2017-10-18 16:20:31
In reply to Runs
Cachar - Someone not to be trusted, will spill the beans
snitch or rotten rope ... can't hold strain
2017-10-18 16:28:59
In reply to nickoutr
patkay ... a kind of wrestling move hoist you up and lick you down isn't ?
Oh yeah, I now remember, thanks for explaining.
2017-10-18 16:44:28
Lamatah - no good
2017-10-18 16:57:54
In reply to Runs
Lamota = awkward, I think.
Patkay = slam (Hindi)
2017-10-18 16:58:17
In reply to Runs
When yuh a guh bhai? “ Me a guh ‘lime’ Ma”....remember that?
2017-10-18 17:00:55
In reply to Norm
Currunks or Kraanks? Heard of those, they mean the same and it’s a term when you hit someone in head with your finger knuckles!
2017-10-18 17:18:28
In reply to Norm
Lamota = awkward, I think.
I agree with Runs on that one.
Lamota = no good.
2017-10-18 17:41:28
In reply to WestDem
Yuh like tek kraank like - easily coerced
D Pressy is a posterboy fuh tekin kraank
2017-10-18 18:07:50
In reply to Norm
Thanks, for years I heard it,but never fully understand, Bajans uses the word cunt very often
2017-10-18 18:12:51
In reply to black
You ever had the "coconut heart?"
Yankee boys in BK, call the West Indians " coconut or coconut head".
2017-10-18 19:51:46
In reply to Runs
You talking but ole car Kranking.. mine is different, allyuh probably called it ‘tap yuh head’
What about ‘Kankawah’?
2017-10-18 20:48:34
In reply to black
coolie is a bad word when ppl feel like being an intellectual cunt.
One plane ride and sensitivity in the cloud.
the truth is, regardless of the correct definition of 'coolie', today it is used to refer to any East Indian person regardless of their status in society. In the Guyana you're either black, coolie, dougla or bufiano;
Some peeps are from the suburbs...
Not offended
PS For sale. Coolie Hair. ie
2017-10-18 20:54:19
In reply to WestDem
Think that was a kite made from pointer broom?
2017-10-18 21:04:32
In reply to Runs
Two pointer brooms, the shape of a cross and the loop make it look crazy in the air!
2017-10-18 21:14:45
In reply to WestDem
how about kanwa eye?
2017-10-18 21:15:31
In reply to Runs
this was practice run before easter with the broom kite
2017-10-18 21:48:34
In reply to WestDem
Two pointer brooms, the shape of a cross and the loop make it look crazy in the air!
Not the whole broom dude.
Two pointer.
2017-10-18 23:46:38
Jimschreechy
Kind of like Anansi behaviour. Trickster.
2017-10-19 06:44:11
How can we forget Tallawah, the baddest of them all?
2017-10-19 10:53:13
In reply to black
Two pointer.
Not two pointer dude...two pointers.
2017-10-19 10:55:57
In reply to nickoutr
how about kanwa eye?
Heard of this before but couldn't remember what it meant!
What about "Maangy" dag?
2017-10-19 11:40:16
In reply to Dan_De_Lyan
You are still an idiot and you have the potential to be even a bigger one.Why didn't you go all the
way and use the other derogatory term,does that one hurt your sensitivity.
It must be a pleasure talking to someone as stupid as you.
2017-10-19 11:43:50
In reply to Dan_De_Lyan
Guess times have changed, culturally. In my time it was seen as and meant to be derogatory. Same as the N word.
2017-10-19 12:05:16
In reply to WestDem
mange is a legit English word for skin disease caused by mites ... hence mangy dag
2017-10-19 12:12:00
Presserfoot - Braggart and show off
2017-10-19 12:13:04
In reply to nickoutr
Correct.
2017-10-19 13:07:35
In reply to granite
How about my (paternal) grandmother who was affectionately called Miss C***** while her actual name was Leah?
2017-10-19 14:15:57
In reply to Drapsey
She might have accepted it but that doesn't mean it was acceptable. Jamaica's Indian population is not the same as Guyana and Trinidad, so the level of sensitivity might not be the same.
If you lived in Russia, they could probably call you anything they wanted, that's not to say that Jamaica and Russia are the same, but you got my point.
2017-10-19 14:36:33
In reply to Runs
do you know te term girgirah .... it is a hand seine with the hoop made of guava bough and net knitted by local fishermen... good for catching swamp shrimps
2017-10-19 14:49:39
In reply to nickoutr
Know what you are speaking of but not that name
2017-10-19 16:13:42
In reply to black
You are correct about sensitivities being different in Jamaica as compared to Guyana N TT.
Jamaicans use the "C" word in casual conversation without malice,in TT and Guy,it's a term of derision directed at a race of people,it's a historical fact.The white slave owners had several names for the slaves,which would not be used today,why would you think it's right to insult a race,by calling them a name that the white man used to de-humanise a race of people.
Dan De Lyan is nothing more than an oaf,he can look that up in the dictionary.
2017-10-19 16:27:40
oh lowlee
double century
2017-10-19 16:31:23
In reply to granite
Some of the things we say about Oriental people, are down right racist but most people don't find anything wrong with it.
2017-10-19 16:44:59
In reply to black
Yuh spinning like T bro
It could be right or it could be not right but people are telling me this, lotsa people
2017-10-19 19:37:03
In reply to granite
based on your comment...the best part of you ran down down some poor woman's leg.
Marital rape is a serious issue
2017-10-19 19:42:59
Some Bajan words and meanings fuh wunna:
broughtupsy - proper upbringing, manners or class.
bruggadown / brugga-lax / brax-lax - the sound of a fall, or something hitting something else hard.
horsestylish - arrogant, unmannerly behavior.
katspraddle - to fall hard/make fall hard.
kafuffle - to confuse; commotion.
kawblema! - oh my goodness! / God blind me if it ent true.
maulsprigging - a severe lashing.
mobba-ton - a really excessive amount.
mugen - foolish person.
obzocky - to be weird looking or misshapen; unshapely woman.
pompasetting - showing off new clothes.
rasshole - (noun) idiot; (verb) to do foolishness. [Vulgar] "raaaahhhs-sole!".
whax-palax - a hard hit denoting the noise of the lash.
2017-10-19 20:09:55
In reply to Ray123
wait Trump is a Bajan?
2017-10-19 20:13:24
In reply to Ray123
Kerfuffle - Is a real word.
Rasshole - Is used by everybody.
2017-10-19 20:14:04
In reply to nickoutr
They can have him.
2017-10-19 20:17:56
In reply to black
Wunnah probably hear bajans wid the word rasshole and using um.
100% bajan export
2017-10-19 21:03:52
In reply to black
Who is everybody? Rasshole is 100% Bim
2017-10-19 21:05:22
In reply to nickoutr
These words are too complex for Trump try again
2017-10-19 21:27:21
In reply to Ray123
Of all the words fi tief, Yuh chose the most common.
2017-10-19 21:29:46
In reply to black
Nah fam lol. Nobody can take rasshole from Bim
2017-10-19 21:40:21
In reply to Ray123
How yuh figure that is Bajan?
Jamaicans, Trinis, Guyanese, everybody I know use it. I doubt if there's anyone on here that is not familiar with it.
2017-10-19 22:01:20
In reply to black
Boss if you from Barbados you would know that is the first word you are taught. No joke thing. It's second nature. Jamaicans got Blood claat,Guyanese got Scunt and Bajans say rasshole alotttt.
Caribbean 101 my friend
2017-10-19 22:48:09
In reply to Ray123
Boss if you from Barbados you would know that is the first word you are taught. No joke thing. It's second nature. Jamaicans got Blood claat,Guyanese got Scunt and Bajans say rasshole alotttt.
Caribbean 101 my friend
Rasshole is very common in Guyana, every kid uses it from the time he starts cussing.
2017-10-20 09:43:42
In reply to black
Obviously. Barbados is Guyanese second home fam
2017-10-20 10:46:40
In reply to Ray123
This is BLACKS best thread
ha ha ha h h AHA HA HA
2017-10-20 10:49:01
In reply to black
Surprisingly, Guyanese and Jamaicans have a lot in common. Trinidad and Guyana have a lot in common also.
NO SURPRISE!
We have far more in common than we have differences...
IF we were all BLIND and ignored hair types and skin tones...Our individual accents ( songs) would honestly form a fantastic chorus of harmonies....ONLY IF
2017-10-20 10:54:19
Ah suh he stay - he's mean, stingy, a jerk, etc...common with guyneez N jewmaycans! Puerile, but grown ups can be referred to that way too...was in jewmayca in the early 90s N saw a bloke with a tshirt that says...Ah suh mih stay. Made one just a few months ago!!
2017-10-20 11:08:34
In reply to black
Trinis, guyanese and jamaicans know nothing about the word rasshole
Maybe the ones on here do becuz they've seen bajans using it.
I can go to any of those countries and use that word and no offence will be taken.
I've actually been asked many times what does it mean.
2017-10-20 11:13:07
In reply to Gun_Play
muh belly
2017-10-20 11:56:58
Turtle flesh - Who besides Guyanese knows that one.
I wonder how people come up with these things.
2017-10-20 12:49:21
In reply to black
Amerinjun women iyah
2017-10-20 15:50:47
junjo - meaning Mushroom; mold/mildew.
2017-10-20 16:45:11
In reply to Drapsey
Kai- mold or mildew
2017-10-20 17:58:46
In reply to powen001
IF we were all BLIND and ignored hair types and skin tones...Our individual accents ( songs) would honestly form a fantastic chorus of harmonies....ONLY IF
If we were all blind, it would only heighten the other senses and Bajan accent would probably sound more annoying.
2017-10-20 19:52:39
Give the caribbean lingo for, ah suh it guh!?
2017-10-20 20:06:00
In reply to Runs
Kai- mold or mildew
not the green stuff in damp areas?
2017-10-20 21:15:42
In reply to Ray123
Guyneese kill fuh Bim green card ent!!
2017-10-20 21:26:06
In reply to che
Guyneese kill fuh Bim green card ent!!
The table about to turn.
2017-10-20 21:26:42
Bajan Slang
A
· above - to be next to; to the right of
· ackee - fruit, hard green skin, orange flesh when ripe
· all de talk - in any case
· all-two - both
· all-two a wunna - both persons in the group
· all-a-wanna - everyone in the group
· auntieman - an offensive term for an effeminate or homosexual male
B
· bad feels - any faint feeling
· back-back - to go backwards
·· bariffle - a whole lot eg. (dah's a bariffle a homwuhk )
· bassa-bassa - a fight or uproar
· bay rum - a lotion
· below - to the left of... (eg. "The house below there-")
· before-time - once upon a time; formerly
· behind God's back - a distant rural place way-out in the countryside
· big-rock - a stone,; or to stand up someone
· birdspeed - to move very fast
· Bim - a nickname for Barbados (short for Bimshire); it was also a soft-drink historically made in Barbados
· black hat - person behaving unseemly and don't care
· blaklead - a pencil
· blista - to curse out
· blista bline - to curse out
")
· bougeley - real ugly person
· boun - to become constipated
· boxy / botsi - the buttocks
· bram - a small dancing party
· brek-up - to fall or to feel really tired after a party or exercise
· broughtupsy - proper upbringing, manners or class
· bruggadown / brugga-lax / brax-lax - the sound of a fall, or something hitting something else hard
· bubbi - a breast
· buckra - a Caucasian [of African origin, mbakara]
· buckra-johnny - a poor caucasian
· bung-navel - protuberant navel
· buttup-pon
2017-10-20 21:40:43
In reply to che
B
· bad feels - any faint feeling
· back-back - to go backwards
·· bariffle - a whole lot eg. (dah's a bariffle a homwuhk )
· bassa-bassa - a fight or uproar
· bay rum - a lotion
· below - to the left of... (eg. "The house below there-")
· before-time - once upon a time; formerly
· behind God's back - a distant rural place way-out in the countryside
· big-rock - a stone,; or to stand up someone
· birdspeed - to move very fast
· Bim - a nickname for Barbados (short for Bimshire); it was also a soft-drink historically made in Barbados
· black hat - person behaving unseemly and don't care
· blaklead - a pencil
· blista - to curse out
· blista bline - to curse out
")
· bougeley - real ugly person
· boun - to become constipated
· boxy / botsi - the buttocks
· bram - a small dancing party
· brek-up - to fall or to feel really tired after a party or exercise
· broughtupsy - proper upbringing, manners or class
· bruggadown / brugga-lax / brax-lax - the sound of a fall, or something hitting something else hard
· bubbi - a breast
· buckra - a Caucasian [of African origin, mbakara]
· buckra-johnny - a poor caucasian
· bung-navel - protuberant navel
· buttup-pon
· bad feels - any faint feeling
· back-back - to go backwards
·· bariffle - a whole lot eg. (dah's a bariffle a homwuhk )
· bassa-bassa - a fight or uproar
· bay rum - a lotion
· below - to the left of... (eg. "The house below there-")
· before-time - once upon a time; formerly
· behind God's back - a distant rural place way-out in the countryside
· big-rock - a stone,; or to stand up someone
· birdspeed - to move very fast
· Bim - a nickname for Barbados (short for Bimshire); it was also a soft-drink historically made in Barbados
· black hat - person behaving unseemly and don't care
· blaklead - a pencil
· blista - to curse out
· blista bline - to curse out
")
· bougeley - real ugly person
· boun - to become constipated
· boxy / botsi - the buttocks
· bram - a small dancing party
· brek-up - to fall or to feel really tired after a party or exercise
· broughtupsy - proper upbringing, manners or class
· bruggadown / brugga-lax / brax-lax - the sound of a fall, or something hitting something else hard
· bubbi - a breast
· buckra - a Caucasian [of African origin, mbakara]
· buckra-johnny - a poor caucasian
· bung-navel - protuberant navel
· buttup-pon
The highlighted ones are used in Guyana as well.
2017-10-20 21:55:21
C
· cah / caa - to carry eg. "Cah da long fuh ma"
· carry 'way - take / taking
· catsprattle - to destroy; to fall very harshly
· caw - wow! [shortened version to the vulgar]
· caw blen - wow! [vulgar]
· cheese-on-bread - an expression or exclamation
· choppa - a machete
· cock-rat - a whore
· cock-back - shaking ones' buttocks while dancing
· cock-up - to relax with one's limbs spread
· collins - see cutlass
· crab-mash - to iron ones clothes like they don't know what they're doing.
· cross over - to become pregnant
· cuh-dear - an exclamation (e.g cuh dear, you ent know no better than that)
· cuffin - a somersault
· cutter - a sandwich
.cunny
D
· daa fuh yuh - that's what you get
· daa gon' do fuh yuh - that will bring about serious consequences
· dead house - mortuary
· dearheart - sweetheart
· dicky - male genital
· dispatch - to serve a customer in a shop
· do-fa-do - A saying ("What goes around, comes around" / tit-for-tat)
· do-fa-do, ain't no obeah - ("Doing bad things to others, and then having it happen to you is not necessarily witchcraft")
· dooflicky - a celebration
· doggerts - the male genitals .
· dog dead - an expression of finality (eg "Ef he find out you lying boy, de dog dead)
· down de bottom - over on the other end ("down de' bottom of Saint Michael.")
· down de line - straight down the road
· drawing-up - Sit close next to... ("drawing-up along side")
· drop-down - to faint; pass out; or flop down onto something
· dropsy - getting tired
· dumpsy / duncey - to be stupid
2017-10-20 22:08:47
In reply to che
D
· daa fuh yuh - that's what you get
· daa gon' do fuh yuh - that will bring about serious consequences
· dead house - mortuary
· dearheart - sweetheart
· dem - them
· dicky - male genital
· dispatch - to serve a customer in a shop
· do-fa-do - A saying ("What goes around, comes around" / tit-for-tat)
· do-fa-do, ain't no obeah - ("Doing bad things to others, and then having it happen to you is not necessarily witchcraft")
· dooflicky - a celebration
· doggerts - the male genitals .
· dog dead - an expression of finality (eg "Ef he find out you lying boy, de dog dead)
· down de bottom - over on the other end ("down de' bottom of Saint Michael.")
· down de line - straight down the road
· drawing-up - Sit close next to... ("drawing-up along side")
· drop-down - to faint; pass out; or flop down onto something
· dropsy - getting tired
· dumpsy / duncey - to be stupid
Used in Guyana as well.
2017-10-21 03:16:48
this might have been covered before apologies if it has but here goes:
samfie man = donald trump
soso small amount of anything
boonoonoonus -niceness
RedIbo - commie
dookuno- konke
patoo- owl - typical use "yuh face favour patoo"
johnkuno man a scary looking man iusually seen at around easter i think.... goes back to the tradition of heralding the beginning of spring ....... Ewart might be able to correct me on this
schoolas -small child
rundong- a dish made with coconut cream
dah gal deh ah throwstones a woman with a shapely rear that moves to the rhythm of her walk
wattle and daub- a home made from twigs and mud
afu - a type of yam
Bosun- man suffering from water retention in the genital area
chigga foot
sense fowl- a mad hen
likkle more- see you later
idren - brethren
boops - a man with a large gut with lots of money and loves chasing young girls
nuff a dem - lots of them
yuh done know - i have been saying this for the longest time for example khagga is an eediot - "yuh done know"
dem reddiy fi call mi duppy but mi nuh ded yet-------- my relatives will have to wait a bit longer to claim my estate i am very much alive
mamud - fat woman
higgla- market stall holder or street vendor
deh pon di slavery- overworked
2017-10-21 12:48:24
Jook - stab with an object.
Me gun Jook yuh bwoy.
2017-10-22 20:00:11
In reply to Ray123 Long before you and your Bajan brethren were using rasshole, it was grouped in a class of Jamaican expletives called forty shilling words (two pounds sterling).
Caught using any of them and arrested..Two Pounds or 10 days in jail.
2017-10-23 13:15:39
In reply to alfa1975
99% of Jamaicans don't know the what the word rasshole mean or do they find it offensive.
Believe me.
2017-10-23 13:19:06
In reply to Gun_Play
Dude, that is nonsense.
2017-10-23 13:21:16
In reply to black
if you know rasscloth wont you know rasshole?
2017-10-23 13:27:42
In reply to nickoutr
Exactly.
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