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    Patwa headword

    Patois-chat

    /PAT-wah-CHAT/

    Noun
    Gloss
    "Speaking Patois"
    Definition
    The act of speaking Jamaican Creole fluently.
    Example
    "Him good at patois-chat."
    Origin
    Compound.

    As a descriptive term, Patois-chat 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.