West Indian Word of the Week: Stush
A few summers ago a friend and I were kickin’ it at this Brooklyn house party. It was at one...
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Category: W.I. Word of the Week
West Indian Word of the Week: Mehkase
Since childhood, I have been a dawdler. My parents always seemed to be a hurry. But me? Not so...
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West Indian Word of the Week: Eye Pass
Growing up in a Caribbean family it is understood that Thou Shalt Not Show Any Form of Disrespect...
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West Indian Word of the Week: Ain’t Easy / Someting Else
Ahright. Ahright. I know. It’s been a while since our last WIWOTW. Y’know how it does...
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West Indian Word of the Week: The Trini Vacay Edition
My peoples! What up? I just come back from beautiful Trinidad and Tobago. Well, technically just...
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West Indian Word of the Week: GYAFF
This week’s word is: GYAFF Growing up, I loved quietly stationing myself in some corner of...
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West Indian Word of the Week: Georgie Bundle
This week’s word is: GEORGIE BUNDLE A day I was visiting with a Guyanese-American girlfriend...
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West Indian Word of the Week: Dougla
This week’s word is DOUGLA. According to Wikipedia Dougla is: a word used by people of the...
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West Indian Word of the Week: Tabanca
This week’s word of the week is TABANCA. I first heard the word tabanca from a Trini friend....
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RACA reps for the entire diaspora but stans for all things Guyanese.
