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Gadahar - Jackass

Galavant - Hanging around without doing anything constructive

Galvanize - Zinc sheets used to cover roofs

Galary - (Gallery) - Verandah or porch, Showing off, e.g. “If yuh see how she galary sheself”.

Game cock - A breed of cock (cockrel) bred for the sport of cock fighting.

Gams – The distance from your thumb to any finger. This was important when playing three hole marble pitch long time, especially if you had large hands.

Gayelle - A place, usually secretive, where cock fights occur (cock fighting is illegal in Trinidad and Tobago). Also, the name of a local television station (Gayelle TV).

Gazette paper - Newspaper

Get on – Misbehave, e.g. “Man, why you gettin on so?”- Why are you misbehaving?

Gilpin - Cutlass/machete

Goat mout' - Bad luck, usually when somebody predicts the bad outcome (sometimes good outcome) of an event and it really happens; e.g. “He put goat mout' on meh;a cyah get a job”

Gobar - Cattle dung

Go down - (Pertains to eating) Usage: “Man, dat food go down good, it tasty too bad” –The food was very delicious.

Goin' of - Someone who appears to be going out of their mind, acting strangely

Gone tru’ - Gone through. Past it's prime. No longer useful

Gouti – Agouti, e.g.“Boy we ketch two gouti las night” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_agouti

Grancharge - To make threats about getting into a fight without the intention of carrying out the threat, a false threat; e.g. "He only granchargin' man!"

Guana – Iguana

Gundy- Crab claws

Gun talk - Fighting words, to threaten verbally

Gyul - Girl


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