Jamaican Creole

Noun

bloodclat

1. (vulgar, slang) Alternative spelling of blood klaat (sanitary napkin)
   • Opal Palmer Adisa; Californian College of Arts

     yu come from

     a little island

     wid a bloodclat dialect

     acting like yu

     used to wear long pants

     go bout yu business

     nobody wan hear what

     yu ahfi seh

     zeen

     yu's a little undadeveloped

     squid

     zeen

     you's a little

     youth man

     a boy not yet

     in high school

Related terms

• ras clot
• bongo clot
• bumbaclot, bumba clot

References

• Jamaican Patois and the Power of Language in Reggae Music. Herbold, Stacey.
• Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd ed. F. G. Cassidy and R. B. Le Page, 1980.
• Understanding Jamaican Patois, Adams, Emilie L. Kingston, Jamaica: Kingston Publishers Limited, 1991
• The Rastafarians", Barrett, Leonard E. Sr. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1997
• Rhetoric of Reggae Speech, Snider, Alfred, C. 1998.
• Rasta/Patois Dictionary, editor Pawka, Mike
• Glossary from The Harder They Come, 1972