Yardie
About “Yardie”:
"Yardie" is a term generally used among Caribbean expatriates and the Jamaican diaspora to refer to people of Jamaican origin, although the exact meaning depends 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 general in Jamaican Patois.
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