bad words
The phrase for "curse words" in Jamaican is bad words.
Did you know?
- The concept of bad words often extends to 'blood' insults, which are considered among the most offensive because they target a person's ancestry.
- In Jamaica, using bad words is often used as a form of social bonding or linguistic punctuation among friends rather than as a sign of aggression.
- When someone says they 'talk bad' about someone, it does not necessarily mean they are using 'bad words', but rather that they are gossiping or speaking ill of them.
Examples in context
- Nuh use dem bad words so.Don't use those bad words.
- Him a talk too much bad words.He is saying too many bad words.
- Mi nuh like dem bad words.I don't like those bad words.
Example conversation
Ricardo and Tanesha are discussing their child's behavior.
- RicardoTanesha, the boy keep saying bad words.Tanesha, the boy keeps using curse words.
- TaneshaWhere him hear those bad words from?Where did he hear those curse words from?
- RicardoHim probably hear them from him friends.He probably heard them from his friends.
- TaneshaWe have to tell him stop it now.We have to tell him to stop it now.
