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Commess

Pronounced /kuh-MESS/nounEveryday talk

Meaning

Confusion, mix-up and juicy drama, usually involving gossip and other people's business. Close in spirit to bacchanal, but more about the tangle and the talk than the noise.

Don't bring no commess in my house, you hear?

In plain English: Don't bring any drama into my house, okay?

Where it comes from

Usually traced through French Creole to French commerce, 'business, dealings'.

Sources

  1. We Trini Food: 55 Trini expressions and their meaning
  2. Wiktionary: commess (etymology pointer)

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