- Tobago love (n): Said of a relationship characterized by lack of demonstration of affection, or by fighting.
- Is only sweetie he sending she by de post – like is Tobago love or what? (Baptiste 1993:157).
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Source: Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago by Lise Winer
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Elaborate, please?
Tobago love is used to describe a relationship that is not functional. Equating anything from Tobago as less than.
Ah ok…so not every Tobagoan’s favorite phrase?
Nope. Every Trinidadian because they believe Tobagonians are “backward”