A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.

Inability to get over a relationship. The feeling of loss, rejection and sorrow that follows a breakup.

A form of savings where a group of people pay an agreed sum of money on a periodic basis (usually monthly) and each period one member of the group takes all the money that has been paid (their share). This practice has been traced back to Yoruba credit system.

Lemonade, limeade or a mix of the both.

Detaching of one's self from old friends

Slippery or slick.

Oral sex

The 'other woman' in a cheating or adulterous relationship

Food that is given to spouse or lover to permanently keep them in the relationship.

Carbonated drinks

A fruit related to the passion fruit, but with a hard green skin. They are significantly sweeter than passion fruits.

A light cake made with white flour and mixed fruits.

To cause pleasure.

A ritually prepared meal of rice intended to trap (tie) a man in a romantic relationship. Women prepare the meal by cooking rice and squatting over the steaming pot allowing the mix of condensation and bodily juices to "sweat" into the rice.

Obese or fat

A small green, bitter tasting berry. It is sometimes eaten alone after boiling or cooked with saltfish

Gossip. Idle talk, rumours, or salacious news about the private affairs of others.

Gossip. Idle talk, rumours, or salacious news about the private affairs of others.

A variety of bitter melon plant (Momordica charantia). A vine bearing a small bumpy skinned yellow or orange fruit. The leaves are used to make a bitter herbal tea that his regarded for its medicinal and purgative properties

A ghost or spirit that lives as an old woman by day, but turns into a blood sucking monster by night. According to some legends, she is able to to take off her skin and put it back on.