Glossary

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  • Ackee
    A fruit found throughout the Caribbean resembling a pink mango or guava.
  • Apple
     
  • Black Pudding
    A large sausage made with animal blood and breadcrumbs packed into pig's intestines or tripe
  • Bois Bandé
    Bark of a tree famed in parts of the Caribbean for its properties as an aphrodisiac.
  • Boxing Day
    December 26, the day after Christmas
  • Broughtupcy
    Training in how to behave respectfully
  • Carriacou
    A small Caribbean island that is a dependency of Grenada located in the Grenadines.
  • China Bump
    Small clumps into which a black woman's hair is rolled as a temporary way of keeping it before it is finally styled
  • Conch
    A large mollusk and popular seafood menu item found in the Caribbean.
  • Dérivé
    French for drift, go off-course or gallivant
  • Grantley Adams International Airport
    The international airport of Barbados.
  • Jab Jab
     
  • Jerk
    The process of applying a spicy seasoning mixture to meat and then grilling it
  • July
     
  • Keith Mitchell
    Prime Minister of Grenada 1995-2008 and 2013 to present
  • Kick-em Jenny
    The only active submarine volcano in the Lesser Antilles
  • Mountain Chicken
     
  • Oil Down
    A one-pot meal and Grenada's national dish consisting of meat and root vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
  • Passa Passa
    A Jamaican term referring to scandalous behavior or gossip
  • Politricks
    The trickiness of politics
  • Shirt Jac
    A short-sleeved shirt worn by men in the Caribbean.