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Fada (or Faddah) - Father

Fainty - Usually used to describe a weak scent

Fall out - To stop speaking with someone or to terminate a friendship

Family way - Pregnant

Fas’ / Fase – Forward, inquisitive, e.g. “Yuh want to know all mih business? Yuh too dam' fase, man.” also "playin' fas' " - being inquisitive and curious

Fasebook - Trini term for Facebook since everyone "playin fas' and maco-ing dey friends"

Faseness (n) - State of being fas' e.g " faseness does pay " there's a price to pay for being too inquisitive at times.

Farting Pills - Chataigne, Breadnut (Artocarpus Camansi)

Fatigue - (see Picong) To give fatigue, to ridicule, to poke fun at someone's shortcomings, e.g "Doh give meh fatigue man, or ah go buss yuh mout "

Fetch - Bring

Fête - A dance, party, jump up, loud music, lots to eat and drink, dancing until the wee hours of the morning.

Usage:

Fête buss- The fête has been a financial loss

Fête Match - A friendly game of football, cricket, hockey etc. where the accent is on having a good time with lots of accompanying food, drink and "fatigue", the outcome of the match is purely for boasting rights

Fig - Banana

Fire one - To have a drink

Fishenin' - Fishing (Tobago), e.g. e.g “He went fishenin'

Flambeau - A lighted flame made by using a cloth as a wick, stuffed in a bottle of kerosene

Flim - film

Founkie (also, foong-key) - Foul-smelling, stink odour

Footy well - Come what may, e.g. "Yuh footy well have to pay meh back meh money"

Fowlbottom – Pouted, e.g. “She mout' like fowlbottom”

Fraid- Afraid

Free gift- A gift – “If yuh buy the fridge, yuh get ah free gift with It.

Friennin' - A couple who are seeing each other regularly or are living together, e.g. "Yuh know John friennin' with Jean now ?"

Fresh Water Yankee- A Trini who, having visited the USA for a short time (usually two weeks), drops his Trini slang for an American accent

Fuh true/troot? - Yes that is true. Is that really so?

Fuh real- Is that true?

Fuh true - Yes it is true.

Full ah mouth - All talk and no action to back it up

Full ah heself/ sheself – Pompous, arrogant


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