pongonut

Jamaican Creole

pongonut

Alternative forms

• pongo-nut, pongo nut

Etymology

Probably the dialectal pronunciation of pomegranate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋɡanʌt/, /ˈpʌŋɡʌnʌt/
• Hyphenation: pon‧go‧nut

Noun

pongonut (plural pongonut dem, quantified pongonut)

1. pomegranate

   Pongonut a nuh fi me. 'Im too sour.

   I'm not a fan of pomegranates. They're too sour.

   (literally, “A pomegranate isn't for me.”)

   • [2019, Michael Westphal, “A History of Jamaican Creole in the Jamaican Broadcasting Media”, in association for anglophone postcolonial studies‎^[1] (in English), archived from the original on 29 December 2020, page 252:

     “alright <,> this is Jamaica nice and that was <,> medicine chest reminding you that medicine chest <,> was brought to you <,> courtesy of ocean spray cranberry pongonut juice <,> ocean spray drink to life and Benjamin’s a trusted name for over a century medicine chest Jamaica nice soon come back […] ”]

See also

• tambrin