raw wran
The Jamaican phrase for "wow" is raw wran.
This phrase is used to express amazement.
Meaning: amazement (intj)
Did you know?
- While raw wran expresses amazement, Jamaicans may use the word bloodfire to express a more intense or aggressive kind of shock.
- Jamaican expressions of surprise often utilize 'reduplication', where words are doubled to intensify the feeling of amazement.
- In many Jamaican-influenced dialects, the intensity of an exclamation is often signaled by the length of the vowel sounds rather than the words themselves.
Examples in context
- Lawd Gad!Oh my God!
- Lawd Gad! Mi neva see nuhting like dat before.Oh my God! I've never seen anything like that before.
- Raw wran, look pan di size a dat!Wow, look at the size of that!
