yardie

See also: Yardie

English

Etymology 1

Noun

yardie (plural yardies)

1. Alternative form of Yardie

Etymology 2

From yard +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

yardie (plural yardies)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A yard of ale.

Anagrams

• e-diary, yerida

Jamaican Creole

FWOTD – 6 August 2021

Alternative forms

• yaadie, yawdie, Yaadie, Yardie, Yawdie

Etymology

Yard (“Jamaica”) +‎ -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑːdɪ/, /jɔːdɪ/
• Hyphenation: yar‧die

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Noun

yardie (plural yardie dem, quantified yardie)

1. Jamaican

   Nuff yardie weh live a farin wish dem coulda guh back a yard.

   Many Jamaicans who live overseas wish they could go back to Jamaica.

   • 2011, Kamille Gentles-Peart, Maurice L. Hall, Re-Constructing Place and Space: Media, Culture, Discourse (in English), →ISBN, page 47:

     “Nuff foreign yardie was flying dung fe de holidays. De fair skin airplane lady a de airport was preaching to evrybaddy fe please, Check on only two piece a baggage an carry de littlest one pon de plane.”

     Lots of overseas Jamaicans were heading back home for the holidays. The white air hostess at the airport announced that everyone should check only two items of luggage and take one item as a carry-on.

See also

• yard
• Yard man