Jafaican

Jafaikan

/ (dʒəˈfeɪkən) /

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noun mainly British informal

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

a white person who adopts this dialect

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

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Word Origin for Jafaican

C21: from Jamaican + fake

Words nearby Jafaican

jaeger, Jaeger's test types, Jael, Jaén, jafa, Jafaican, Jaffa, Jaffa orange, Jaffna, jag, jaga

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