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A Note on Jamaican language

Many Jamaicans speak “patois” or Jamaican creole in addition to Caribbean Standard English.  The following patois words and phrases appear in this report:

battyman:  “Batty” is slang meaning buttocks.  Battyman is a pejorative term for men who have sex with men, as anal sex is seen as the act that defines them.

“battyman fi dead:” gay men should be dead/killed; gay men must die

“battyman mus’ dead:” gay men should be dead/killed; gay men must die

chi chi man: derogatory term for a man who has sex with men.

sodomite: derogatory term for woman who has sex with a woman

“man on man fi dead:” gay men should be dead

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