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Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish pereque.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛˌkɛ/
- Hyphenation: pre‧keh
Noun
prekeh
- confusion, scandal, trouble
- Synonym: mix-up
What a prekeh! Yuh nuh hear wah gwaan dung deh?- What a scandal! Haven't you heard what's happening over there?
2017, Miss Kitty, “Hell, fire and bangarang”, in The Jamaica Star (in Jamaican Creole), archived from the original on 17 October 2020:“What a prekeh! Bangarang time again inna Jamaica! Unuh know seh when election inna di air, tingz nuh normal! […] ”- What a scandal! It's controversy time once again in Jamaica! You all know that when it's election season, nothing is normal!
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