patois
Example Sentences
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To the uninitiated, Bangaranga seems cast in the mould of nonsensical Eurovision songs like Diggi-Lou, Digg-Lay - but the title actually means "uproar" in Jamaican patois.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
The patois changes from office to office and company to company, and the meanings behind certain terms shift from person to person.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
For Green, one of the biggest challenges of a film like “One Love” was getting the patois language right and making it feel real without watering it down.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024
Capped with a fez, speaking some sort of French patois, Mitchell brings his own campy aura to the movie, including the portentous punchline: “Choice is a Western concept.”
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
In that moment, he even sounded the same, his patois the same as it always was.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Vivacious Vernacular: Words About Slang
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