gwan

idiom: going on

wa gwan star?

by Anonymous August 22, 2003

gwan

slang from Cork city in Ireland - short for "go on". The term made it's made to the Carribean while Irish slaves were shipped there in the 16th and 17th centuries. Slang Irish terms like this then made their way into the Carribean "patois", particularly Jamaica, where "gwan" is pronounced and used in exactly the same way as in Cork city in Ireland.

"Ah gwan ya langball ya"

"Please do go on about that wonderful event that you are informing me about."

by starchaser February 06, 2004

gwan

Jamaican for "go on"

Jamaican: "Whatta gwan?"

by cErTiFiEd February 03, 2005

gwan

A drug dealers word for..
Weed,Marijuana,Cannabis

''yo man can ya get me some gwan?''
..
''Safe yo!,meet ya behind the bike shed after school''

by Bevelee June 03, 2005

gwan

1.A word meaning going, i picked it up from a old movie called The Defiant Ones

1.I'm gwan to go home.

by EthanB. December 01, 2005

Gwan

Gwan is a Pattwa' word, It is mainly a Jamaican term. It can mean two things to *go away or *what is going on

Go away - "Tell da boys dem fi gwan."
what is going on? - "Whatta gwan?"

by sacha May 11, 2004

Gwanning

Alternative for "happening", often used when expressing confusion.

What the fuck is gwanning right now?

by KidKabbage33 January 18, 2010