Definition: For.
See also: fo
Example: "Wha u laffin fah/fo?" = "What are you laughing for?"
Posted by: MZ AMC aka Ann-Marie Charles of Rock C T, 2010.

Definition: "Decidedly. Really. Without question. Indeed. This phrase conveys the idea of intensity. Akin to 'for fair.' 'Tis foh true de Queen coming?' Is the Queen really coming? ''E ugly foh true.' He is sure ugly. 'It rainin' foh true.' It's raining cats and dogs. [Note: in the old Dutch Creole 'Fortrou' meant to become engaged.] 'For true, true, true' = superlative."
Source: Page 44, Valls, Lito. What a Pistarckle! A Dictionary of Virgin Islands English Creole. St. John, USVI. 1981.
Definition: "really. He tell yo so, fo' true?"
Source: Page 70, Roy, John D. A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas, USVI, 1975.
Definition: ("Fa true!") expression to mean "That's true!" As a question, can mean, "Is that true?"
Posted by: doctropic, 2009.
Alternative spellings: "Foh true" "Fo true" "foh trut"
Definition: "Fa-true if you from the rock. Foh-true if you from Cruz."
Source: Sharima, Virgin Islands Dictionary group, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: (1) can be used to mean "woman," as in "femme" or (2) a general term like "thing." ("Before she know it, that fahm been 12 o'clock already.", "We jus cruisin in dah park tryna tek pictures of Big Ben and dem fam.")
Alternative spellings: fahm, faam, fam, faarm.
Source: Page 78, Sterns, Robin. Say it in Crucian! A Complete Guide to Today's Crucian for Speakers of Standard English. St. Croix: Antilles Press, 2008.

Definition: Idiomatic expression, a person with "a face like a dropped pie" is very unattractive.
Source: Page 56, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "father."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "Related to."
Source: Page 41, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: "noun; a relative. He family to me."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: (pronunciation for "fast") "adjective; disrespectful or rude. Da chil' too fas' fo he own good."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "Talkative"
Source: Page 41, What a Pistarckle! 

Definition: a big bahna, callipigious rear end.
Example: "Finally, she gets up an started gettin ready to go to her nex class buh I saw dat she had a fatty."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "Party. Usually said of a rowdy one. From French, 'Fete' = feast."
Source: Page 41, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: "noun, a party. May, dey havin' a big fete ova' by de pon' mout' tomorrow night."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "thing," used like "faahm." Can be a euphamism for "fuck." ("Wha fetch I seein here?")
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "for."
Source: Page 42, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: "1. A large ornamental tree (Ficus retusa). 2. Banana (Musa adisiaca). [Crucian voice.] In St. Thomas only small finger banas are called figs."
Source: Page 41, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: "noun; sometimes refers to bananas in general (as in fig tree), or a certain variety of short, sweet banana. Since yo goin' to de market, bring a han' a fig fo' me."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: Called "licks," for imitating actual licks (blows) being given, or "whipping fingers." Used to punctuate a story where licks were given or a person was insulted. "don forget to use hand whippin fingers as a sound effect for licks!" "Then after you whip your fingers you sayin eh ehhhhhh, 'In you skin,' or 'In you souuuuul.'"
Source: Discussion on "yabah" and "big gouch," I Love My Virgin Islands Accent, on Facebook, 2010.
Definition: "Making a popping sound by flicking one's thumb against one's middle finger, usually a grand gesture, to express agreement or punctuate a statement. It's sort of like snapping your fingers (the gesture used by statesiders to acknowledge the beat in music, for example), but more expressive."
Source: Page 22, Say it in Crucian!

Example: "Once I was in a line at the Frederiksted Kentucky Fried Chicken (we call it 'Kentucky' here), at high noon, when they ran out of chicken. We were informed of this by a young lady who came out to address the line, announcing, arms akimbo, 'Chicken finish.' 'Finish,' by the way, is pronounced with the emphasis on the end of the word, 'Chicken finISHHH.' Could anything express finality more clearly than that? Mean tink so."
Source: Page 28, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "To be out of. 'De bananas dem finish.' We are out of bananas."
Example: Page 41, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: (spelled "fi'a") "verb; to throw. Fi'a de stone, man!"
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: ("fire one") "To take a drink. Generally speaking, a straight alcoholic drink. 'Le we fire one.' Let's have a drink."
Source: Page 42, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: (spelled "fi'a one") "verb; to take a drink of liquor. Come, le' we fi'a one befo' we hit de road."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: Literally, a reference to the events of October 1, 1878, in Frederiksted, where workers set fire to much of the town and nearby plantations to protest unfair labor practices. Also being used today to express anger toward a group or individual ("Fyah buun dey ass.")
Source: Lucy, on Facebook, 2010.
Source on original Fire Burn: Jensen, Peter. From Serfdom to Fireburn and Strike : the History of Black Labor in the Danish West Indies, 1848-1916. Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]: Antilles Press, 1998.

Definition: pronunciation for "fishing."
Source: Page 42, What a Pistarckle!
Example: "I remember when we used to go fishnin."
Source: James, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: slang for "outfit."
Example: "You don know I buy a bad Baby Phat fit da ain even deh out in deh store yet" = "I bought a hot little outfit that wasn't even out on display yet in the store."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "film."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "Film. Movie. [Consonant reversal.]"
Source: Page 43, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: "noun; film I wan' to buy some flim fo' mi camara fo' when we go on de boat ride."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "bug spray."
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "To spray. Also any and all home insecticides. Taken from a brand name, FLIT (ca. 1940s)."
Source: Page 43, What a Pistarckle!
Example: ""Pass de flit to me." = "Pass the bug spray to me.".
Posted by: MZ AMC aka Ann-Marie Charles of Rock C T, 2010.

Definition: (St. Thomas) Name for the trucks spraying insecticide that used to drive around on island.
Example: "Awyou, the flit truck coming, the flit truck coming!" We used to see the smoke and sometimes the smell, from the "flit truck" and go running to it! We had a ball running back and forth through Tutu behind the truck."
Source: Ray, on Facebook, 2010.
Alternative spellings: "smoke truck."

Definition: "Adjective used to describe clothes too big for the wearer."
Source: Page 43, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: "adjective; used to describe clothing that is too big. Yo pants floodin.'"
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.
See also: "pickin wilks."

Definition: (pronounced FLOOP), a portmanteau word for "float" plus "troupe" that performs in the Crucian Christmas Festival and St. Thomas/St. John Carnival parades.
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: used where a Statesider might say "confusing."
Example: "You flummoxing me?”
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "for," sometimes used when Standard English would call for "at" or "to."
Example: "He gan fo cry all night" = "He cried all night." "I have to be there for one o’clock.”
Alternative spellings: fa, fi
Source: Page 78, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "no one waan fi chat" = "no one wants to chat [add comments on a Facebook group page]."
Source: Ebony, on Facebook, 2007.

Definition: expression used to mean, "Why do you ask?"
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "for getting" or "to get."
Example: "She bin bout de age foget married."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: slang way of saying "fine," but pronounced with the "oi" of "voice."
Example: "Your boy bin coolin with a book in his hand, lookin all studious and shit, when this foine looking redbone started rollin on me."
Source: Pages 40, 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: "In Standard English, we have a left foot, a right foot, ankles and calves. We have arms, elbows, wrists and shoulders. In Virgin Islands English Creole, it's not so simple or specific. 'He bruk he foot' might mean he injured his foot, a knee, a shin bone. It's the same with arms. 'She got spot on she han'' might be referring to one of her hands, her forearm, her elbow, her wrist, and so on."
Source: Adapted from page 46, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: "Foot: the entire appendage from thigh to toe. (Note: In Ashanti, there is no word to distinguish foot from leg...foot is "nan"). With a chief complaint of 'meh foot paining,' the examiner is obligated to examine the entire lower limb."
Source: Page 31, Anduze, Alfred A., M.D. Medical Terminology and Associated Phrases of the Eastern Caribbean, USVI (198?).

Definition: "1. A fruit prematurely ripened. 2. Said of a teenager acting too grown up. Also said of precocious children."
Source: Page 44, What a Pistarckle!
Definition: "adjective; precocious. Now das a fo'ce ripe young man, an' he always in trouble in school. verb; to force fruit to ripen by squeezing it."
Source: Page 70, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.
Example: "Wise Words From My Mother's Goat Mouth: 'dah child force ripe.'"
Source: I Love My Virgin Islands Accent group, on Facebook, 2010.
Definition: "rushing to grow or acting older before your time."
Source: Michelle, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: tobacco.

Definition: a complete idiot.
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: Pronunciation for "fore day." "noun; early morning. I ain' ge' home from de dance til fo' day mornin'."
Source: Page 69, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: ""Shaved ice refreshment over which is poured different kinds of sweet flavored syrups. From Spanish, 'Refrescos' = refreshments. In the Virgin Islands the first vendors were Puerto Ricans who sold 'refrescos' hence 'fraicos.' In Puerto Rico it is known as 'Piragua.' In Jamaica, a 'Fisco.' In Barbados, a 'Snowball.' In Santo Domingo, a 'Frio-frio.' In Texas, a 'Raspa.' A FRAICO CART is a push cart from which 'Fraicos' are dispensed. It usually has a canopy and shelves for bottles and more often than not, gaudily painted and ornamented."
Source: Page 45, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: pronunciation of "afraid."
Example: "I ain fraid ah he!"
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "Ole time people was fraid of dead, now dey fraid o' living."
Source: Carrie, on Facebook, 2008.

Definition: "A phrase meaning, holidays are over; leave is up; time up; leisure is ended. As children, adults would tease us with it on the way to school after a holiday."
Source: Page 45, What a Pistarckle! 
Note: On the same page, Lito Valls defines "free paper": "A written instrument duly drawn up anmd witnessed used by former masters in manumitting individual slaves. [Obsolete.] "
Definition: (spelled "free papa' bu'n") "expression denoting that the holiday is over; time to go back to school or work. School openin' monday; yo free psapa' gon bu'n soon."
Source: Page 70, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: pronunciation of "friend."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: the common cold.
Source: Page 45, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: "noun; type of common cold. I pick up a fresh cold from whe' I don' know."
Source: Page 70, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: ("fret with") "Scold. Quarrel. 'Yoh granny gon' fret wid yoh.' Your grandmother is going to scold you."
Source: Page 45, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: ("fret") "verb; to scold or quarrel. Mama, don' fret so, de damage a'ready done."
Source: Page 70, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "Anything gratis. A party, dance, or other entertainment at which no admission is charged. In Trinidad it is known as a 'Freeness.' 'Cachete' in P.R. The phrase, 'Never miss a freebs' became part of the vernacular in the 1950s when popular radio personality Ron de Lugo (later Congressman) proclaimed it the 'Eleventh Commandment' over WSTA."
Source: Page 45, What a Pistarckle!

Definition: Nickname for Frederiksted, on St. Croix's West End. Refers to the fact that St. Croix's slaves were declared free on July 3, 1848, at Fort Frederik in Frederiksted by Gov. Peter Von Scholten, after an uprising led by Moses Gottlieb, known as General Buddhoe.
Posted by: Doctropic

Definition: Refrigerator.
Example: "Puh de water bac in de fridge" = "Put the water back in the refrigerator."
Posted by: MZ AMC aka Ann-Marie Charles of Rock C T, 2010.

Definition: (1) same as Standard English euphemism for "fuck" ("He talkin a heap ah frig", "meh computer frig up"). (2) can also mean "in a funny [wrong] way" ("She had watch me frig up" = "She was watching me in an odd way.")
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "yo dat Frig does piss me off dred!"
Source: Storme, on Facebook, 2007.

Definition: Dress.
Example: "Lawd das a long frock yo got de!" = "Lord, that's a long dress you have there!"
Posted by: MZ AMC aka Ann-Marie Charles of Rock C T, 2010.

Definition: putting up a front, pretending ("She frontin like she couldn't solve some problem.") (2) slang verb for "up front" ("I decided to front all the money for this car and get it out the way.")
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: used where a Standard English speaker might use "far away."
Example: "Dats all you could do? Stay fram far and fling ting?"
Source: Page 51, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: used to mean "for a long time."
Example: "I wuh late for the appointment i trying to geh from lang."
Alternative spellings: lang, lahng
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: in addition to its standard meanings, can be used to refer to a thing.
Example: "Dat fuck bran new."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!
Example: "Wah fuck i seeing here?" = "What you talking bout?"
Source: Kimberely, on Facebook, 2006.
Example: "Wah fuk i c-in yah?"
Source: Khaleed, on Facebook, 2010.

Definition: Stupid, outrageous or unacceptable behavior.
Example: "You just out the box with yo fuckery!!."
Source: Andrea, on Facebook, 2007.
Example: "Nothing but fuckry we cyan even barely understand wah they saying mison."
Source: Rayray, on Facebook, 2007.

Definition: "A fruit is said to be 'full' when it is fully grown but still unripe and while not fit for eating raw may be cooked, picked and put away to 'buck,' i.e. to be put away to ripen."
Source: Page 46, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: "adjective; a fruit which is ready to be picked and can be left to ripen off the tree."
Source: Page 70, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "Disrespectful manner. 'But yoh see dis chil' callin' me full mout'.' Notice this child being disrespectful to me."
Source: Page 46, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: (spelled "full mouth") "disrespect shown by using the first name of a person who, for reasons of age or position, is normally addressed more formally. Do not call me name so full mouth."
Source: Page 71, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: "covered with."
Example: "Our skyut full up a green stain" = "Our skirts were stained green."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!
Definition: ("full-up") "Pregnant."
Source: Page 46, What a Pistarckle! 

Definition: Pronounced "fu-me." Belonging to one's self ('"for me"). See "mines."
Posted by: Yáminah89, 2009.

Definition: "1. A cornmeal dish usually prepared with okras. Lonmg a staple food in the West Indies. Called 'coocoo' in some other islands. Fungee derives from FANJA 9q.v.) in turn from the Portugese, 'Farinha de milho' = cornmeal. 'Funche in P.R. 'Fanyo' in West Africa."
Source: Page 46, What a Pistarckle! 
Definition: "noun; a Caribbean dish of boiled cornmeal, usually served with fish. Boy, mi granny cook some good, good boil fish and fungi las' night."
Source: Page 71, A Brief Description and Dictionary of the Language Used in the Virgin Islands.

Definition: a mutt, also "island mix" or "coconut retriever."
Posted by: Doctropic, 2010.
Definition: "A mongrel. Also a dog that is not well kept or fed."
Source: Page 47, What a Pistarckle! 

Definition: "first."
Example: "Leh we see who gon reach fuss." = "We'll see who gets there first."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "frustration."
Source: Page 79, Say it in Crucian!

Definition: pronunciation for "fire."
Source: Page 80, Say it in Crucian!

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