Results for “gwaan bout yuh business”

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gwaan good
phrase

Go well / take care / behave

#caribbean#patois#farewell#expression
gwaan bad
phrase

To do exceptionally well / go off

#caribbean#patois#expression#dancehall
Gwaan
verb

Patois for 'going on' — what's happening, or telling someone to carry on.

#caribbean#uk#mle#urban-lingo
galang bout yuh business
phrase

Go on about your business / mind yourself

#caribbean#patois#expression#talk
standing on business
phrase

Handling what needs handling, no excuses, no flinching.

#tiktok#gen-z#aave#hustle
hellyoutalmbout
phrase

'The hell are you talking about?' — slurred into one word.

#atlanta#hip-hop#aave#internet
whatchu talmbout
phrase

'What are you talking about' — slurred and dropped into conversation.

#atlanta#hip-hop#aave#south
nahtalmbout
phrase

Houston-mashed contraction of 'know what I'm talkin' 'bout'.

#houston#texas#aave#filler
knowmtalmbout
phrase

Dallas tag phrase — 'know what I'm talking about?'

#dallas#texas#aave#filler
walkabout
noun

A journey on foot; to wander off.

#australian#aussie#idiom#travel
small up yuhself
phrase

Make room; move over / squeeze up

#caribbean#patois#expression#social
weh yuh deh
phrase

Where are you?

#caribbean#patois#expression#greeting
wah gwaan fi
phrase

What's the deal / what's happening with

#caribbean#patois#expression#greeting
weh yuh a seh
phrase

What are you saying? — 'what's up'

#caribbean#patois#greeting
chat bout
phrase

Talking nonsense / 'what are you on about'

#caribbean#patois#talk#expression
whe yuh a deal wid
phrase

What are you up to? / how's it going?

#caribbean#patois#greeting#expression
allyuh
pronoun

You all; the plural 'you'.

#caribbean#patois#pronoun#grammar
wham to yuh
phrase

What's wrong with you?

#caribbean#patois#confrontation#slang
skin yuh teeth
phrase

To grin, smile or laugh broadly.

#caribbean#patois#gesture#emotion
crappo smoke yuh pipe
phrase

You're out of luck; you're finished.

#caribbean#patois#proverb#luck
wah gwaan
phrase

What's going on? / What's up?

#caribbean#patois#greeting
Talmbout
verb

A smashed-together way of saying 'talking about' that AAVE speakers use all day.

#aave#american#gen-z#hip-hop
Boutta
verb

Smashed 'about to' — on the verge of doing something right now.

#aave#american#texting#urban-lingo
Wha Gwaan
phrase

The classic Jamaican greeting — literally 'what's going on', like 'what's up'.

#caribbean#uk#mle#urban-lingo
maco
noun

A nosy person; also to spy on or gossip about others' business.

#caribbean#patois#gossip#behaviour
HBU
phrase

'How about you?' — the polite bounce-back that keeps a conversation alive.

#acronym#texting#gen-z#american
game sense
noun

Real-time read on where the enemies are and what they're about to do.

#fps#awareness#tactical#skill
accountant
noun

Tongue-in-cheek job claim used to dodge questions about your real one.

#tiktok#onlyfans#euphemism#gen-z
devious lick
phrase

Stealing something — usually from school — and bragging about it on TikTok.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#2021
Roman Empire
phrase

The random thing you think about way more often than is reasonable.

#tiktok#gen-z#trend#obsession
subtweet
noun

Posting about someone without naming them so they have to wonder if it's about them.

#twitter#x#passive-aggressive#drama
BTW I use Arch
phrase

Catchphrase mocking the tech-server poster who can't shut up about running a hard Linux distro.

#linux#discord#tech#catchphrase
book hangover
noun

That emotional fog after finishing a great book — can't start a new one, can't stop thinking about the last one.

#booktok#bookstagram#reading#feels
TIFU
abbreviation

Today I F***ed Up — a confession post about a recent personal disaster.

#reddit#acronym#confession#storytime
cryptobro
noun

The guy who won't shut up about his bags at a wedding.

#crypto#web3#stereotype#pejorative
moonboy
noun

A permabull who thinks every coin is about to 100x.

#crypto#trader#twitter#insult
seems legit
phrase

Sarcastic 'sure, totally trustworthy' — usually said about an obvious scam.

#crypto#twitter#sarcasm#scam
island
noun

A roundabout — Brummies call traffic islands, well, islands.

#brummie#birmingham#midlands#british
lezzer
noun

A meadow. A grassy field for cows, kids or kicking a ball about.

#brummie#black country#landscape#midlands
this ain't gettin' the babby a frock and pinny
phrase

Standing about gassing won't pay the bills — let's crack on.

#brummie#birmingham#idiom#british