patois
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Singing in English, her song's title is a Jamaican Patois slang term that means "riot".
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
In a recent interview Stonebwoy and I discussed the growing use of Patois in Ghana, frowned upon by some Ghanaians.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2023
Louise served as branch secretary and wrote for the Negro World newspaper and spoke at least three languages: English, French and Patois.
From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021
There’s an entire scene in which Death—who, again, is being played by Brad Pitt— speaks Jamaican Patois.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2019
Patois, a name the French give to a corrupt dialect of a language spoken in a remote province of a country.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
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