Meaning
The hard, blue-and-white bar of all-purpose soap found in every Jamaican household — used for washing clothes by hand, scrubbing floors and skin, and even as a folk remedy for the skin. Cheap, strong, and long-lasting, the 'blue cake soap' (the blue part thought to help whiten the wash) is a true household staple, and a bar cut in pieces lasts a good while.
Examples
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Wash out di clothes wid blue soap.
Wash the clothes out with blue soap.
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Scrub di floor wid blue cake soap.
Scrub the floor with blue cake soap.
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Granny use blue soap fi everyting.
Grandma uses blue soap for everything.
Origin
Named for the blue portion of the bar; the all-purpose household laundry/bath soap. See [[carbolic-soap]], [[wash-board]].
How it’s used
The hard blue-and-white all-purpose household soap ('blue cake'). See [[carbolic-soap]], [[wash-board]].