When I was a youngster growing up amongst many Rastafarians, one of the thing I really admired about them was their humility and they way the treated and greeted each other. Back in those days, men would greet each other times like this ” Yow weh you a say King, long time mi nuh see d I”.
Fast forward to today where the greetings would be like this ” Yow mi dawg, weh you a seh dwag”
I am sure no dog and would NEVER subscribe to anyone calling me a dog. It was only a few years ago, you would be in serious trouble with someone for calling them a dog, but in today’s Jamaica a dawg means a young man.
Makes you wonder why we have such a high crime rate and the crimes have become more and more heinous, as men have moved from being Kings to Dawgs!
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Urban slang being used in America for years. And as you know nuff Jamaicans love “farin” things so they picked up the slang also.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dawg
Absolutely correct! I notice that our young men and women these days keep referring to each other as niggers also. Now the men have picked up the American prison-style of their pants below the butt.