Definition: pronunciation for "sir." "1. Sir. A polite form of address....2. Emphatic tag. 'Dem mango good sa.' Those mangoes are good indeed."
Source: Page 107, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.

Definition: used to ask if you're ok, or if everything is cool.
Example: "U safe or wah?"
Posted by: La La, 2009.
Definition: "refers to being ok, alright, good, gravy... you can ask or answer a question with it. Asking a question: 'Wha u sayin u safe or wha?' ( how are u doin. r u ok?) Answering a question: 'Yea man i safe mehson.' (yup im good)."
Source: Legra, on Facebook, 2006.

Definition: See "broom"

Definition: See "mampi"

Definition (editorial): "Santa Cruz. [Creole voice.] Saint Croix. Columbus, on his second voyage, discovered Santa Cruz (Ay-Ay) which he named in memory of the Holy Cross. Later the French renamed it Sainte Croix. After the Danish purchase (1733) the spelling St. Croix was adopted and somewhere along the line the horrid pronunciation of 'St. Croy' weasled-in, in spite of the fact that many of the English and Irish planters persisted with Santa Cruz. Later, with the Puerto Rican immigration, the name came back in vogue, and today it is the preferred usage of a growing number of residents.""
Source: Page 109, What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
See also: "Cruz."

Definition: Santo Domingan ("Youza Santo?"). Can be derogatory.
Source: Page 91, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.
Example: "So why dem Santos try n geh me to wk in deh prostitute bar?"
Source: Vanessa, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: device for weighing out marijuana.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: Literally "scatter," used as an exclamation, like "Get away from here!"
Example: "Scatta yo baxide!" = "Get from around me!"
Source: You Know U From the Virgin Islands When U Speak This Language, on Facebook, 2009.

Definition: "to get cursed out, wrath up, insulted, or dissed. 'Wha, your mudda scobop you dread.'"
Source: Tai, on Facebook, 2006.
Example: "i jus here tellin my daughter she ghe scoeboops lol."
Source: Noemi, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: see "strupid."

Definition: (sucking teeth) see "chupse."

Definition: "A local musical ensemble consisting of flute, guiro (squash), bongos, triangle, tambourin, maracas (shek-shek) and an ass pipe."
See also: "Quelbe."
Source: Page 110, What a Pistarckle! 

Definition: "skinny/mawga."
Example: "Aayo 'fraid dah skrawny dude di man!"
Source: David, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: see "skunt."

Definition: "testicles."
Source: You Know U From the Virgin Islands When U Speak This Language, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: (emphasis on the "ee") - pronunciation for "serious" ("Dese is seerious times mehson!")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "Sereas i ting deez modaskunts fuckin retadded."
Source: Anetra, on Facebook, 2007.

Definition: often used in conjunction with a pronoun ("Meain self know" = "I don’t know, myself", "you can self res" = "you can rest yourself.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "Intensifier. 'She ain seh marnin' self.' She didn't even say good morning. 'Today self' = This very day."
Source: Page 111, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: Seed pod of the Royal Poinciana or flamboyant tree, used in the Caribbean as a percussion instrument.
Source: Crowley, Daniel J. "The Shak-Shak in the Lesser Antilles." Enthnomusicology 2:3 (sep. 1958), 112-115. www.jstor.org/pss/924654
Alternative spellings: shack-shack, shek-shek, chacha

Definition: used where Standard English speakers would use "ashamed" ("Afta dat, I feel shame.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: (shanTEE) - bus stop shelter ("You won believe wah happen to we while walkin to deh shanty fo deh bus.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "good-looking" ("Yo sharp de man!")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: (sheAIN) literally "she ain't" ("Sheen gon help you.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "Children must resemble their parents."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.

Definition: (Literally, "to shop down the place"), to thoroughly cover all opportunities for shopping.
Example: "when island ppl go states they eat everyting that the island don't have while they r there, shop dung deh place in walmart and so."
Source: Carlyle, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: from urban slang, a good-looking female.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "sugar," refers to diabetes.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "to fool a man into thinking the baby is his."
Source: You Know U From the Virgin Islands When U Speak This Language, on Facebook, 2010.
Definition: (spelled "shat") "A man whose wife or girl friend has presented him with a child obviously not fathered by him is said to have gotten a 'shat.' Also said Shut, Poke or Pork Chile."
Source: Page 112, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: (1) borrowed from urban slang, used to mean "cool" or beautiful ("Dat cyar look sick!"), (2) can mean "crazy" ("Ayo man sick" = "You people are crazy.")
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "sit down."
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: See "Jumbee tree."

Definition: "bicycle."
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: slang for a woman with low morals and poor hygiene.
Source: Page 91, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: a sexually promiscuous woman ("Of course you don know she a big sket askin me could I loan she some money." "I aint sitting nex to dem sketty girl from east end.")
Source: Pages 49, 91, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "Sket... this term is derived from the Jamaican word 'Skettel Boom.' A sket is a nasty, slack, or sexually wild female... in other words, A HOE! (This is an insult when called one). However, for some reason, guys like being called a sket. 'Dah girl been sex-ing from since she was 10 and she done fuck her cousin. She is A SKET.'"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.

Definition: "To peel or alternately: to spank."
Example: ""Schups! If yoh cyan skin de mango meh go skin it foh u." "Chile mine yoh mout' nuh, else megoh skin yoh ass yellow/clean/raw!"
Posted by: RobL, 2010.

Definition: "circumcised penis."
Source: You Know U From the Virgin Islands When U Speak This Language, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: see "muddahskunt," literally a euphemism for "cunt,"extremely rude term ("Siddung and hush yoh skunt!")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: Rude slang for "mouth."
Example: "Shut yur skunthole!"
Posted by: Nicole, 2009.

Definition: (pronunciation for "scatter" ("When it reach like 5 a.m. we skyatta, and I went home and knock out on de couch.")
Alternative spellings: scatta
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "to frolic, sport around."
Source: Crystal, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: pronunciation for "skirt."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: To linger, waste time, be idol.
Example: "Stop slingering after school and come yo ass straight home!"
Source: Hollie, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: literally "slippers," but refers to dress shoes.
Alternative spellings: slipas
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: used to mean "Now, just slow down a minute!"
Example: "Yoh need to slow yoh roll meson!"
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: Significant other, spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend ("somebody").
Example: "Yoh hab a smaddee?" = "Do you have somebody?"
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.

Definition: "No Name Brand Sneakers..usually bought in Payless, Kmart, Pueblo, etc."
Example: "They rocking smegs like it's Nikes."
Source: Tai, on Facebook, 2007.

Definition: Used where a statesider would say "smells bad" or "smells stinky."
Example: "My feet smell stink" (said after removing work boots).
Posted by: Docta Z, 2010.
Example: "People always ask, 'Why do those ponds smell stink?'"
Posted by: Overheard at a UVI meeting, 2010.

Definition: (St. Thomas) See "flit truck."

Definition: Used to express "So what?" "I don't care."
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.

Definition: coming soon ("Christmas soon come"), or as in "I'm coming back soon."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "Let nature take its course."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.

Definition: pronunciation for "something."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "There's more to the story than meets the eye."
Source: Ronnie Lockhart, on Facebook, 2009.

Definition: (St. Thomas) See "lindy"

Definition: "stop lying" ("She tell me dis your new cyar and I say stop lie!")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: Used as a verb, to perm/relax one's hair with chemicals. "i goin straight my hair today" = "I'm going to perm my hair today."
Posted by: MZ AMC aka Ann-Marie Charles of Rock C T, 2010.

Definition: carrying a concealed gun ("Keep it on the down low, but I'm strappin.")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "Scandal. Gossip. Melee. Disturbance. You name it, this word can fit it. Also said rumoo-strumoo. Long, rambling tale."
Source: Page 119, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: euphamism for "stupid."
Alternative spellings: schupid, shupid, chupid
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: see "chupse."
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: See "bananaquit."

Definition: "such," commonly used as "and suh" at the end of a phrase ("She was all ova me giving me hugs an suh.")
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: can mean "a secret". "Like if somebody ask you who rob de bank and u know who did it, u could say 'Das a suss.'"
Source: Eboni, on Facebook, 2006.

Definition: fat and slobby.
Source: Page 92, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: (spelled "swatsy"), "Obese. Unkempt."
Source: Page 121, What a Pistarckle! 
Alternative spelling: swatsy. "Soft, flabby, particularly as it applies to a woman."
Source: Page 18, Seamon, G.A. Virgin Islands Dictionary. St. Croix, USVI. 1968.

Definition: "A flirtatious look."
Example: "Dat boy flashin sweet-eye at me!" = "That boy's winking at me!"
Source: Page 22, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "To wink at someone, to 'make sweet-eye.'"
Source: Page 18, Virgin Islands Dictionary.

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