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    Patwa headword

    Fry-eye

    /FRY-eye/

    Adjective
    Gloss
    "High / Stoned"
    Definition
    To be heavily intoxicated from smoking marijuana, characterized by red, squinting eyes.
    Example
    "Him look fry-eye from di weed." — "He looks stoned from the marijuana."
    Origin
    Descriptive slang.

    As an informal term, Fry-eye is one you'll likely come across in real Jamaican speech. Try the Jamaican Patois translator to see it in a sentence, or head back to the lexicon index for more words like it.