Category:Jamaican Creole terms by usage

Jamaican Creole terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Jamaican Creole colloquialisms: Jamaican Creole terms that are likely to be used primarily in casual conversation rather than in more formal written works, speeches, and discourse.
• Category:Jamaican Creole dated terms: Jamaican Creole terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Jamaican Creole derogatory terms: Jamaican Creole terms that are intended to disparage, demean, insult or offend.
• Category:Jamaican Creole informal terms: Jamaican Creole terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Jamaican Creole slang: Jamaican Creole colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Jamaican Creole terms with archaic senses: Jamaican Creole terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Jamaican Creole terms with historical senses: Jamaican Creole terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Jamaican Creole terms with rare senses: Jamaican Creole rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Jamaican Creole vulgarities: Jamaican Creole terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.