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Claat / Claawt

[klaat]
Noun

Definition

Cloth; widely used as an intensive suffix in severe Jamaican profanities.

Example Sentences

Patois:
Wipe di table wid a clean piece a claat.
English:
Wipe the table with a clean piece of cloth.
Patois:
Mind yuh language, nuh call dem claat word deh!
English:
Watch your language, don't use those profane words!

Usage Tip

Literally means "cloth". Highly sensitive context because it forms the root of major Jamaican expletives (e.g. bumba-, blood-, raas-).

Patois Synonym:
English Synonym: cloth; profanity suffix
Tags:ProfanityVulgarity
Category:Offensive, Vulgar & Sensitive

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