bollo work

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

bollo, bollo wuk

Etymology

Possibly a clipping and compound of combolo (“friend/comrade”) +‎ work (“work”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌlʌ wʌk/
• Hyphenation: bo‧llo‧work

Noun

bollo work

1. Temporary emergency jobs created by the government to reduce unemployment.

   Di party seh a nuh bollo work, but everybody dun know seh true election deh near mek dem dweet.

   The party pointed out that these weren't temporary emergency jobs, but we all knew that they created them because elections are approaching.

   • 2018 November 16, Martin Henry, “Martin Henry”, in Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1]:

     It’s not a vote-buying, ‘bollo work’ public works programme, we are led to believe.