<<previous | index | next>> A Note on Jamaican languageMany Jamaicans speak patois or Jamaican creole in addition to Caribbean Standard English. The following patois words and phrases appear in this report: battyman: Batty is slang meaning buttocks. Battyman is a pejorative term for men who have sex with men, as anal sex is seen as the act that defines them. battyman fi dead: gay men should be dead/killed; gay men must die battyman mus dead: gay men should be dead/killed; gay men must die chi chi man: derogatory term for a man who has sex with men. sodomite: derogatory term for woman who has sex with a woman man on man fi dead: gay men should be dead
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