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Saga boy or Saga girl – A flashy dressed person
Sampat– One person being beaten by several
Santiwah – Bush bath
Sapat -A chunky wooden clog with a canvas or discarded tyre upper
Sawine – see sewine
Sapodilla – Manilkara zapota http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapodilla
Scruntin’- Having no money- Ah real scruntin’ dis week .
Scrunt – Down and out; penniless; scrunting. On the scrunt
Stupidee – Stupid person {Syn: Chupidee}
Scope Out – Check out, assess a situation
Set Ah– Lots of; e.g. Ah set ah mango
Sewine(Sawine) – Porridge-like mixture of raisins, vermacelli, milk etc, consumed at the Muslim festival of Eid-Ul-Fitr .
Shades– Sunglasses
Shim – An effeminate man or a masculine woman
She – She, but also her-
Usage:
- She cuss she brudder – She cursed her brother .
Shif’ yuh carcass– Move over; make place
Shinnie (shinny) – A small furry caterpillar
Shit Street– Beginning a lot of trouble after making a mistake or doing something wrong. e.g. “Is now he in shit street for truth.“
Shoo – Expression used to run animals from one’s yard (usually chickens).
Shoo shoo – The act of gossiping
Shoes laughing – Shoes bursting open, toes exposed, soles leaving the uppers.
Shut – Shirt
Shub – Shove, move, or cast aside
Skin up – This term is normally used with parts of a person’s anatomy thereby giving a
whole new meaning to the term; e.g. Someone can skinup her nose, leg, bottom, eye, etc.
Usage:
- Skin up yuh nose– To look down at something- to turn up your nose
- Skinnin’ up yuh teet‘– To grin
Skull-man/woman – Scoundrel who tries to outsmart other people (= conman)
Sometimish– Moody
Smart Man – One who tries clever schemes to arrive at a result
Soca – (Soul-Calypso) The modern version of calypso music; hardcore political satire, scandals, sexual double entendre and comedy, wrapped up in dance music with an African beat and heavy baseline.
Soca Parang – A cross between soca and parang, generally sung during Christmas time with varying topics and double entendre, etc. celebrating the festivities of the season.
Soot – A cat call; a cheap or rude call at a person, particularly a woman.
Sou sou – A forced savings scheme among a group of people, usually low wage earners and housewives, where each participantputs in the same amount of money and receives the entire lump sum at a particular time, no interest of course. It starts and ends with one year period. If there is no prior agreement, lots are drawn to determine when someone gets their “hand”
Soucouyant– (Folklore figure) Female spirit in the night appearing as flying ball of fire, believed to suck people’s blood and leaving a big bruise on the body. E.g. Somebody with a “hicky” may get the remark: “Ah soucouyant suck yuh las’ nite or wat?” http://www.triniview.com/TnT/Folklore.htm
Sprangalang – To be deliberately contrary; or the comedian Dennis Hall
Squingy – Wrinkly / pruny appearance of hands after being in water for a long time.
Stan’ pipe (stand pipe) – A public water tap
Stag – Local beer http://www.thebackpacker.net/worldbeers/stag_2941_worldbeers.htm
Steups ( also cheups)- The sound when air is sucked in between teeth -usually in a disapproving way
Stingy or stingee – Miserly (see Chinks)
Strimps – Shrimp
Storm – To crash a party or attend an event without an invitation
Suck eye – Easy
Suck salt – Hard times. {Syn: Suckin salt}
Sweet drink – Soft drink, soda
Sweet eye – A romantic wink
Sweetie – Any confectionery. {Syn: Sweety }
Sweet too bad – Someone who is considered to be very charming or attractive
Sweet Mouth – To have a preference for the choicest cuts; a sweet talker
Swell up yuh face – To pout, to look angry