Yardie
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yardie-300-744893
title:
Yardie
text:
Yardie is a term often used, particularly within the Caribbean expatriate and Jamaican diaspora, to refer to people of Jamaican origin, though its exact meaning changes depending on context. The term is derived from the Jamaican patois for “home” or "yard". The term may have specifically originated from the crowded "government yards" of two-storey government-funded concrete homes found in Kingston and inhabited by poorer Jamaican residents, though "yard" can also refer to "home" or "turf" in gen
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description:
Slang term for a Jamaican street gang
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yardie
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date modified:
2024-03-11T06:54:39Z
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