👋 Wah gwan?: What’s going on? (Jamaican)
😎 Everyting irie: Everything’s good / All is well (Jamaican)
🔥 Limin’: Hanging out / Socializing (Trinidad & other islands)
🤫 Hush yuh mouth: Be quiet (Bajan, general Caribbean)
🥳 Fete: Party or celebration (Trinidad)
🙄 Hard ears: Stubborn / Doesn’t listen (Bajan, general Caribbean)
🐟 Coo-coo and flying fish: National dish of Barbados
🍛 Pelau: One-pot rice dish with meat and pigeon peas (Trinidad)
🥥 Coconut water: Popular natural drink throughout the Caribbean
💥 Bacchanal: Chaos, drama, or scandal (Trinidad)
😠 Stupse: Sucking-teeth sound to show annoyance (Bajan)
😂 Mek yuh laugh: To make you laugh / Crack a joke (Jamaican)
🚶 I gone: I’m leaving / I’m outta here (Bajan, general Caribbean)
🗯️ Doh study it: Don’t worry about it (Trinidad)
🍹 Rumshop: Small bar where locals gather
🤯 Mash up: Broken / Destroyed / Exhausted (general Caribbean)
🙃 Yuh mad or wah?: Are you crazy or what? (Jamaican, general Caribbean)
🧘 Cool yuhself: Calm down / Relax (general Caribbean)
📣 Come yah: Come here (Jamaican, Bajan, and others)
🗣️ Big up yuhself: Respect! / Show some self-love (Jamaican)