Pokey 🔊

Usage examples

• She ain't business wid yuh, keep yuh eyes off she pokey.
  She's not interested in you, keep your eyes off her pussy.
• He does talk 'bout pokey all de time, man.
  He talks about pussy all the time, man.

Etymology

A Bajan (Barbadian English Creole) vulgar slang term for the female genitalia. The word is likely derived from the standard English verb "poke," long used in Caribbean and British slang to mean sexual intercourse, with the noun suffix "-y/-ie" converting it into an anatomical referent. This pattern of forming genital slang from sexual-act verbs is common across English-based Creoles of the Caribbean. The term is specific to Barbadian usage and may not be universally understood across other Caribbean English Creole varieties.

Cultural notes

In Barbadian society, "pokey" sits firmly in the vulgar register but is common enough in street-level and informal male speech that it carries somewhat less absolute shock value than its equivalents in more formal varieties of English. It appears in Bajan soca and dancehall lyrics, where sexual explicitness is a recognized genre convention, which has helped normalize the term in certain entertainment contexts. Outside of these contexts, however, its use in mixed company or formal situations remains strongly taboo. The word is a marker of distinctly Bajan vernacular speech and would be understood as local slang rather than a borrowed vulgarity.

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