In another case study of Jamaica’s influence on modern-day culture globally references the island has yet again been credited for birthing the term “Baby mother”/ Baby Mama”.

Several anthropologically-themed research papers and articles have cited Jamaica as the ‘mother’ of the popular reference of description to a woman who has birthed a child, typically out of wedlock or a sustained committed relationship with their partner.

Research reports on the topic note that the term, which is popularly associated with urban American culture originally, comes from “Jamaican Creole, as “baby-mother” (pronounced [ˈbebi ˈmada] ), with the first printed usage appearing credited to The Daily Gleaner in 1966,” as per Medium.

With the migration of several West Indians to larger territories, including the US and UK, facilitating the transfer of Jamaican dialect, the term, like many of the island’s slang and references, have assimilated into foreign culture.

Eventually, over time, becoming part of popular culture following references in music and entertainment, which has brought popularity not only to the slang and its varied socio-cultural associations. This has since blossomed into a general mainstream pop jargon.