T&T Dictionary: Cote ci Cote la
Well I real love this dictionary by John Mendes. I love it so much I have two (hard cover & soft cover). Ok, not everyone who visit Mauvais Langue:Random Commesse! is ah Trini, so I will post the meanings of the Trini slangs here each time ah happen to use one. Go out and buy Cote ci Cote la, it sweet to bad, each time I read it I’m LMAO.
- Mauvais langue. Pronounced Moh-vay-lahng. French – Bad tongue. To ill-speak someone. To gossip about someone.
- Brabadaps – A nasty fall.
- Commesse – Confusion asociated with arguments. Wheeling and dealing. Gossip and slander.
- Yuh done know – Now, you know. I’ve just told you. Now you’re up-to-date.
- Ketch (Catch)
- In Bobol – Several persons involved in dis-honesty and covering for each other.
- Bacchanal – Public row, scandal, quarreling. Confusion.
- Maco (ing) – Pronounced – Mah-co. To observe maliciously, to spy on, especially to gossip about it later.
- BEH-BEH – A foolish person. One who talks and does a lot of nonsense. Also used as EH BEH-BEH.
