A Brief History of Seven Killings Glossary

by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings Glossary

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Batty-man

A homosexual man

Proverb

A short and concise saying used to deliver life advice

Intifada

Starting in 1987, this is the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli presence in West Bank and Gaza Strip

Favela

A Brazilian Slum

Sufferah

Jamaican slang for "sh*tstem"

Personify

To give life-like qualities to an inanimate object

Patronize

To treat someone with surface-level kindness but feeling superior to them deep-down

Vortex

An area of whirling fluid (particularly water) or air

Threshold

A point which the intensity of something should not exceed

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