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[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 177: Me no care two shits about him.
at not give a shit, v.
[UK] ‘In the Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 166: ‘Yes mother, anything else mother?’ ‘Yes, don’t be so facety.’ [Ibid.] 168: Don’t come facety with me miss, and don’t come home too late tonight.
at facety, adj.
[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 166: I went down to open the door and F--- me, glory be, where on earth does such good-looking black boys come from?
at fuck me!, excl.
[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 180: You know somet’ing, you are getting to talk like us J.A.’s.
at J.A., n.
[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 177: Who tell you that me love that maga dog? Me no care two shits about him.
at maga dog (n.) under maga, adj.
[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 175: Hey miss, you can’t hear, turn off that mucking t’ing before me come and mash it ’up.
at mucking, adj.
[UK] ‘In The Melting Pot’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 168: You talk too mucking fuch.
at mucking, adv.
[UK] ‘Jamaica Child’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 29: So no try fe trick me, cause me is a bigger jinnal dan you.
at ginnal, n.
[UK] ‘Jamaica Child’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 38: ’Im go an cut a big guava whip an ... an give Likkle Bwoy some rawted licks. [Ibid.] 40: Shut up yu rawted mout’.
at rawted, adj.
[UK] ‘Jamaica Child’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 37: When Likkle Bwoy see all de cake dat Big Bwoy gat ’im vex.
at vex, adj.
[UK] ‘Trip to Jam Down’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 50: A lot of girls in Jamaica have babies early, from the age of thirteen upwards. A few boys asked me [...] if they could ‘breed’ me so that they could be the father of my baby.
at breed, v.
[UK] ‘Trip to Jam Down’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 52: Those who lived in the country ate only ‘ital’ foods, which has no salt in it at all, and foods which come from roots and have not been processed by man.
at ital, adj.
[UK] ‘Trip to Jam Down’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 45: It was arranged that my family would all be going to Jam Down on 19th October 1978.
at Jamdung, n.
[UK] ‘Rare Bengal Tiger’ in P. Ashton et al. Our Lives (1982) 109: Boys of my age would come up to me and say ‘Paki go home’.
at Paki, n.
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