Trini Words and phrases--just love them!! There are plenty plenty more and I will add them as I think of them or find them!!!

A-B
A A! - Is an exclamation. When you didn't expect something. Usually used like, "Well, excuse me!" For example: "But, A A!"
Ay or Aye - means either hey, or you
Allyuh - you all

Babaash - bootleg rum, i.e., moonshine made from fruits.
Bacchanal - commotion, a wild party, a fight between neighbours, family or friends. E.g. The wedding reception was 'real' bacchanal cause of the difference in religions between the bride and groom.
Badjohn/Baa-John - a bully
Bazodee - light-headed or in shock [from Fr. abasourdir - to daze]
Baigan - eggplant [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Bap - father [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Barra - a deep fried saffron coloured bread (see doubles) [from Hindi]
Beta - son [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Beti - daughter [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
BeeWee - BWIA West Indies Airways, the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago. The acronym for British West Indian Airlines is often colloquially referred to as Better Wait In Airport, Big Wait In Airport, Better Walk If Able, But Will It Arrive, Bankrupt West Indian Airlines, etc.
Bhaji - Various green leafy vegetables (especially amaranth or dasheen).
Bhandanya - Eryngium foetidum, an aromatic herb used as a spice (also known as Shado beni or Chadon benit). [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Bobbol - illegal activity, usu. in the context of corporate criminality, white-collar crime or political corruption.
Bobolee - a figure of Judas beaten at easter or a stupid person
Bodi - pole beans [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Bol' face - a brazen or demanding person, a person who speaks or acts using indiscretion
Booboolups - overweight or out of shape. Can also be used to romantically or sarcastically describe affection for an overweight female.
Bois - (pronounced "Bwah") 1. A big heavy stick (or 2x4), used for harming others. 2. To beat someone badly. Eg. "Move, boy or I go give yuh bois."
Bone - to have sexual intercourse. May also refer to the male genitals. (Contrast though with the phrase "Trini to de Bone!")
Bonx - to hit or slam. Also used to indicate a type of greeting where the participants (usu. male) gently touch each other's closed fists.
Boof - to rough someone up or insult them or to scold someone. Can also be used to refer to the person who was roughed up or insulted (derived from "buff"). E.g. Sarah boofed Brian for leaving without her. Brian 'get' boof up for leaving without Sarah.
Break Biche - to leave or shirk one's duties in favour of liming, usu. in the context of secondary school or work. E.g. Brian & Ricardo break biche to go to the Arcade.
Bredda - brother
Breds - brethren
Broughtupcy - manners, upbringing
Bull - to have sex (whether heterosexual or homosexual in nature)
Buller - one who bulls, but usually in the context of, or suggesting, a homosexual act (see Bullerman) (derogatory)
Bullerman - one who engages in homosexual activity


C-D
Chenet - The fruit of Melicoccus bijugatus tropical American tree having small fragrant greenish-white flowers and small fruits with a green leathery rind and a juicy yellowish translucent pulp.
Chile - child (pron. "ch-isle").
Chinkey/choonkey - small
Chip - a walking shuffle step done to slower soca tunes
Chook - to pierce (or jook), usu. in reference to needles. Can also refer to dancing which involves the thrusting of one's hips forward sharply into the rear of another. May also refer to sexual intercourse. E.g. Riad took a little chook from the girl.
Coskel - overdressed; also cosquelle
Chune - tune
Commesse- confusion or controversy [from French]
Congo Pepper - a variety of Capsicum pepper.
Cratchy cocoa - Scratching of the male genitals ("cocoa" is a slang term which refers to the penis).
Cunumunu - a stupid naive person, or a really shy person
Cut a night - spend a night away from your home, e.g. "I hear Lesmond went by he girl place, fell sleep and cut a night; he ga get planass for dat!"
Cyah - Can't
Dingolay - dance wildly
Doubles - a sandwich of sorts made with a saffron coloured bread and curried chick pea filling. There is no singular form of the word.
Dal - ground up split peas [from Bhojpuri or Hindi] (alt. spelling, Dhal).
Dalpuri - a type of roti with ground up split peas inside [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Dey there
Dhoti - the traditional white clothing of an Indian man [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Doolahin - wife or bride [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Dougla - a person of mixed Afro-Trinidadian and Indo-Trinidadian heritage, more recently this term is used to refer to anyone of mixed (interracial) parentage. [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Dotish - (doltish) stupid
Doux doux - sweet, a term of endearment, esp. in the context of romantic love, or caring for a baby or small child. E.g. Leanna doux douxed the crying baby in her arms until it fell asleep.
Dress 'round' - means to move over

E-F
Eh Eh - an expression indicating one's disapproval
Eh Heh - translates to "is that so"
Ent? - "isn't that so?" , "right?" (used at the end of a sentence for emphasis; is similar to Spanish "¿no?")
Fas - nosy
Fête - a party, usually the parties around Carnival time are referred to as fêtes.
Flambeau - a lighted torch
Flim - film
Frontish - a bold demanding person, someone who loves attention or being in the middle of things.


G-H
Geeh Dem - means to give someone something i.e., an object or a verbal assault
Giddy - dizzy
Gobar - talking nonsense
Gramoxone - trade name for paraquat dichloride, a weed killer, commonly used to commit suicide. Any poison ingested, will still be called gramoxone, whether or not if it was actually gramoxone. A very popular choice. E.g., "Yuh hear? She drink gramoxone and dead!" sometimes called "Indian Champagne/Tonic" since at one time it was usually only persons of Indian descent that used this as the method of choice to commit suicide.
Horn - to cheat on someone, to be unfaithful (unkown derivation: Horny)
Hornerman - a married man who is having an affair.
Hornerwoman - a married woman who is having an affair.

I-J
Jahji bundle - A big bag containing one's personal items. E.g., "Dis one always walk wid she jahji bundle everyway she go."
Jagabat - woman of ill repute (specifically, a female prostitute), also jammet
Jammet/Jammette (Djamet) - a woman or questionable morals or a woman who adopts a rather abrasive and aggressive form of communication with the public.
Jhanjat - a big fight, trouble or confusion
Jock - to masturbate, especially male masturbation (a slang term, but not ordinarily considered derogatory or rude). Contrast with traditional North American defintion of "Jock".


K-L
Khurma - a traditional Indian sweet that is deep fried and coated with sugar [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Kilkeedey - to fall awkwardly or how you look on the floor after falling awkwardly, usually with arms flailed in some odd sort of fashion. Eg. "When de defenda' tackle him, Roger fall down kilkeedey on de ground"
Kuchela - a hot mango condiment [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Lagniappe - bonus
Lick-up - to smash or annihilate someone or something (also: lick-down). Can also be used to indicate consumption or completion of food or drink, usu. in a greedy or hurried manner. E.g. We lick-up the KFC before we went to the party.
Lime/Liming - a party or any get-together/to hang out, or (more recently) to date someone
Locho -(pronounced low-cho) a person who "mooches" off of someone else


M-N
Macafouchette - left over food [from Fr. ma ca fourchette - food stuck between the fork]
Maco - a nosy person/peeping Tom (also: Macco, Macocious, Macomere, any-west-indian), or the act of being nosy
Maljo - evil eye [from Fr. mal yeux - bad eyes]
Malkadee - convulse
Mamaguy - to bamboozle someone [from Spanish 'mamar gallo']
Mamoo - A maternal uncle.
Manicou - An one of five species of opossum, most commonly Didelphis marsupialis
Mauvais langue - to malign
Mook - a person who is shy, or socially awkward. (also: Mooksie)
Neemakharam - Ingrate, especially in a political context


O-P
Oh Geed! - an expression used when someone hears or see something that is deemed to be gross
Ol' ho - a promiscuous older woman.
Obeah - black magic
Obzokie - awkward, out of place usu. in a derogatory manner.
Pholourie - deep fried flour balls
Pommerac - Syzygium malaccense or Otaheite apple, a pear shaped fruit become bright red when ripe, also know as the Malay apple or Wax Jamboo
Pommecythere - Spondias cytherea or Golden apple, a fruit with a green skin, which when ripe turns to a gold colour.
Pot Hound - Usually refers stray dog that probably is not of a specific breed or a dog that eats anything off the street (also: Pot Hong). May also refer to a person of mixed ethnic background. (This is a racially offensive use of the term)
Preshaah! - pressure, to feel pressure due to a situation one is in
Pull Bull - To operate an unlicensed taxi, using your private car as a taxi in order to earn extra money. To operate a licensed taxi without a taxi-driver's license. Also referred to as doing 'PH'. May also refer to male masturbation.


Q-R
Raaff - To snatch something. To steal in a boldface manner

S-T
Sahina - deep fried dhal with either spinach, pakchoi (bok choy), or dasheen [from Bhojpuri or Hindi]
Sometimeish - Describes a moody or unpredictable person.
Soucouyant - A female thought to be a vampire, who sheds her skin and flies in the night sky as a ball of fire. This term is also used to describe an evil woman.
Steups - the act of sucking air pass one's teeth, creating a sound of disapproval (also: steupse, chups, cheeups)
Tabanca - In a love sick state. Describes how someone feels after being cheated on by their loved one. Can also describe unrequited loved. (Taban-truck is the more severe form of Taban-car].
Tatu - Nine-banded Armadillo
I wan tuh hail out - I would like to "shout out/big up"
Teef - Thief (more like to steal)..."woman you so sweet, i could a teef ya"
Tanty - aunt, also a term for any woman older than oneself
Throw Waist - to dance, specifically to "wine"
Tootoolbay - In a confused state or in a daze because of love. Similar to Bazodee. E.g. Richie was tootoolbay after he met the girl in the fete.
Toe Jam - Foot fungus that smells on unclean feet.
Trini to de Bone! - Pride in oneself for being a Trinidadian.
Torchlight- A flashlight.


U-V
vikey vike - to act with irresponsibility, or to act without concern for others. Eg. "De country in termoil because of vikey vike decision making."
Eg. "My wife acting vikey vike. Everytime my back turn she out de door limin' with she friends"


W-X
Wajang - a woman who is involved with more than one man in the same day
Wuz de scene? - A casual greeting equivalent to what's happening
Wham now? - Greeting equivalent to "what's happening now". E.g. "Aye Reeza, wham now?".
Whappen? - What happened?
Wine - a seductive form of dance involving circular or semi-circular movement of the hips especially. Can be done alone, with a partner, or many partners. E.g. "Javed was wining in the party on several women".
Way- Where, for example "way yuh dey?" means "where are you?"

Y-Z
Yampee - the mucus that surrounds one's eye in the morning
Yuh - you


References
Allsopp, Jeannette. 2003. The Multilingual Caribbean Dictionary of Flora, Fauna and Foods in English, French, French Creole and Spanish. Kingston: Arawak Press.
Allsopp, Richard. 1996. Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, with a French and Spanish Supplement. Oxford: O.U.P.
Mendes, John. 2003. Cote Ci, Cote La - Trinidad & Tobago Dictionary. 2nd edition. Port-of-Spain: Medianet.
Ottley, C.R. 1971. Creole Talk (Trinibagianese) of Trinidad and Tobago: Words, Phrases, and Sayings Peculiar to the Country. Diego Martin: the Author.

i just cannot help but think she is beautiful....

just read this post! now really...do we have to make this an advert on a medical school forum??? LMAO
http://www.valuemd.com/saba-university-school-medicine/117616-my-proposal.html?posted=1#post479250

These are some pretty informative sites about my birth defect:
http://www.emedicine.com/radio/topic42.htm http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site520/mainpageS520P0.html

This worst of all scares me:

(http://www.columbuschildrens.com/GD/Templates/Pages/Childrens/Heart/HeartLongContent.aspx?page=2813#Long)

Berry aneurysm: Prolonged high blood pressure may also cause arteries in the brain to become weak, enlarged, and rupture. Such a rupture causes bleeding in the brain and is life-threatening.


BTW-I got the diagram off the web and I think Coarctation is misspelled. I may be wrong.

This was my personal statment...some may call it lame, but I got accepted.... and I am not sure I will be or want be a pediatric cardiologist any more...but this is it:

Dr. John Ochsner will forever remain one of the most prominent persons in my life. He is the reason I am alive today, and the memory of his genteel bedside manner and his profound medical knowledge fuels my desire to become a physician. At age fifteen, after years of suffering from hypertension, lethargy, and overall discomfort, I was finally diagnosed with coarctation of the descending aorta. I was told that if I did not have an operation to correct my coarctation, my life expectancy would only be to age twenty-one or twenty-two. The Cardiovascular Institute of the South recommended Dr. John Ochsner because he had, in his career, operated on one teenager/young adult with my condition. No other cardiac surgeon in Louisiana had ever operated on a patient with coarctation of the descending aorta in my age group. Dr. Ochsner obviously succeeded, as I am here writing this letter today at age twenty-seven.

My desire to be a physician was not one that began immediately. In college I toyed with the idea of studying medicine. I took the MCAT in 1999, scored poorly, and decided that perhaps medicine was not my calling. However, I was deceiving myself. After my triumphant operation - from which I proudly bear a 15” incision that beautifully curves from under my left breast to the bottom of my shoulder blade on my back - I was often preoccupied by the idea that my being an adolescent at the time of surgery was problematic. Dr. Ochsner told me as much, and I often wondered what other ways adolescents might present challenges to medical care. After years of wandering in various fields, I have decided that I want to be like Dr. Ochsner and make a difference in young people’s lives. I want to reach out especially to those adolescents who are between adult and pediatric medicine.

Over the years, I have transitioned from a research biologist, to an environmental scientist, to a mother living in a foreign country all the while denying my true occupational desire. About a year ago in Trinidad, where I currently live, I began to have trouble sleeping at night. At first, I thought it was the tropical heat and foreign sounds, but four months ago, I realized that my problem was emotional not environmental. I finally understood that I had not been true to myself with my career choices, and I knew that I needed to realize my dream of becoming a physician, albeit a little belatedly. I am now like a racehorse with blinders who can only see the finish line. My finish line is to become a pediatric cardiologist. This application and acceptance are the first of the hurdles I must jump.

An aspiring med student just sent me this email:

Hey Leah,

My name is ***** and I read your blog about going to med school. I actually got accepted to med school in Poland and I have a daughter who is almost 2 1/2 years old. I've been struggling with the decision to go or not (my husband has to stay here due to his work), so maybe I can get some encouragement from you.

Are you leaving US to go to med school by yourself or is your husband and daughter going with you? I know that if my husband would go with me I would not look back, but since he can't it is very hard to go alone and be away from my family...

Hope to talk to you soon,
*****


My reply was roughly the following ( I tried to save it but it didn't),

Hi *****,

I am attending med school with my daughter in the Fall. My husband is staying here in the US to work. I cannot tell you what it may be like as I am not there yet. I also cannot tell you that I think that it will be easy, because it won't. But, nothing worth fighting for is easy. I let my dream of being a physician go when I was in my early twenties and I am not letting it get away from me this time. I cannot let my daughter grow up to believe that you run away from dreams because they are difficult and make you sacrifice comfort. Yes, it will be hard for us. We, with children, will have to spend our free time with them instead of doing something for ourselves. We will have to time manage better than any other student because staying up all night to study will not be an option for us. We will have to use the time when they are in daycare to study and not to socialize. We won't be able to exercise and eat right all of the time because we will be time limited and obligated to school and to our children. But, it can be done. It has been done. I am not looking back. But, I am scared as hell. My mind races at night thinking of all of the unknowns---that makes my heart pound with fear. However, I do know that no amount of fear or anxiety is going to match up to that feeling we will feel when we are at that finish line.

I hope this has helped,

LP


I also hope this helps others in our situation.

BACK from DisneyWorld with my three year old, my mom, and my sister. Had a very fun but exhausting time! My child was scared of almost ALL of the rides we took her onto except Jasmine's flying carpet ride, and It's a Small World!! Yeah my mom had to take her on it twice b/c she wanted to stay on the ride!! She loved the shows though. Dining with the Princesses really made her smile! I think that was her absolute favorite. Although it was fun I am glad to be home! I just got my first tenant so I need to get this house in order before the sixteenth of August!!!

Need cheap ink for your printer???? Try www.printpal.com I loaded up!!

Well, just my luck! I hang out the washing and it pours down!! I guess the magical Doppler radar is right!! Rain for two weeks! At least the temperature is under control.

I am almost finished with my duties. I do have to get a police clearance from the sheriffs office. UGH. I have put my car up for sale. Sent and ad to the newspaper to rent out part of my house. So I have been very productive these past few days. Heck I even cleaned out my car and washed the bbq grill so I can use it tonight!

And wow, the World Cup 2006 Final is this Sunday. Paul and I are having a get together. It is France v. Italy so in support I am cooking spaghetti and French bread!!! LOL...Didn't want to complicate things!!

OHHHHHH the BIG THING: applied for my loan for school. It is really scary. Frightens me to death. At least it is a reason to never give up, right?? It is do or die!!! Well debtors prison!! Crossing my fingers until I see the money....Such a frightening sum!!!

Today I heard the silliest thing. A guy was on his mobile in CC's Coffehouse telling the person at the other end that he didn't realize it was the Fourth of July tomorrow. Okay, does anyone else see the humor in this?

Sadly this is about the most entertaining story I have to post. Tomorrow I have una fiesta to attend. Other than that my life is quiet. I know it is about to explode with energy but I am taking it easy until I have to light the fire sous mon arriere. I am however going with my mom, sister, and daughter to Disney World Orlando next week. Mon coeur is going to poop her pants with excitement! I cannot wait to see her big blue eyes light up!!

Until I have something of interest to post.....ciao..

I was told that this was also a great spot for soca music. I haven't checked it out yet, but I plan to.

http://toronto-lime.com/music/