prekeh

Jamaican Creole

FWOTD – 2 December 2020

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pereque.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛˌkɛ/
  • Hyphenation: pre‧keh
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

prekeh

  1. confusion, scandal, trouble
    Synonym: mix-up
    What a prekeh! Yuh nuh hear wah gwaan dung deh?
    What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?
    • 2017, Miss Kitty, “Hell, fire and bangarang”, in The Jamaica Star‎[1] (in Jamaican Creole), archived from the original on 17 October 2020:
      “What a prekeh! Bangarang time again inna Jamaica! Unuh know seh when election inna di air, tingz nuh normal! […] ”
      What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal! […]

See also

References

  1. ^ Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 453
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