runnings
See also: Runnings
English
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Literally, "how things are run."
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹʌnɪnz/
- Hyphenation: ru‧nnings
Noun
runnings
- How a system or bureaucracy works; how people operate; the status quo
- Ef yuh waan eat a food out yah, yuh haffi know di runnings, yuh zimmi?
- If you want to be successful in this place, you need to know how the system works, a'ight?
Derived terms
- cool runnings (“all the best”)
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