Tag: wine dance

When someone asks what “wine pon you mean” refers to, they’re typically wondering about a specific phrase from Jamaican dancehall culture. The straightforward answer is this: it has absolutely nothing to do with alcoholic wine. Instead, it’s a direct instruction or command for someone to perform the “wine” dance move, often in a suggestive or […]

It’s always a slight disappointment when a phrase that sounds like it holds a deep, poetic secret turns out to be precisely what it sounds like in its original context. ‘Wine pon you’ is one such phrase, its meaning often overthought when, in fact, it’s a straightforward invitation or description from Jamaican dancehall culture: it […]