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Jafaican

British  
/ dʒəˈfeɪkən /

noun

  1. a dialect of English spoken in London, with marked Jamaican influences

  2. a white person who adopts this dialect

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Etymology

Origin of Jafaican

C21: from Jamaican + fake

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There has been a fair bit of controversy over Peter Andre's new film, Jafaican, which hits cinemas on Tuesday.

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Whatevs, simples, chillax, sumfin and Jafaican have been added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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