Meaning
Someone ruled by their love of food — a big eater always thinking about, chasing, or fixed on the next meal, sometimes to a fault. In Jamaican use the word leans toward greedy and food-obsessed, more than the trendy 'gourmet' or fine-food sense it carries elsewhere, so to call someone a foodie is to tease or chide them for the size of their appetite. It sits, more gently, alongside 'craven' and 'nyami-nyami' in the vocabulary of hearty and greedy eating, naming the one whose thoughts turn always to food.
Examples
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Him a foodie, always a tink bout di next meal.
He's a food-lover, always thinking about the next meal.
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Nuh be suh foodie, share some.
Don't be so greedy for food, share some.
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Di foodie eat off two plate.
The big eater ate two plates.
Origin
From 'food' plus '-ie'; in Jamaican use it tilts toward greedy/food-obsessed. Compare 'likky-likky', 'wanga-gut'.
How it’s used
A food-lover, often meaning greedy. Compare 'likky-likky', 'wanga-gut', 'craven'.