Outside woman

noun OUT-side OO-man ˈaʊtsaɪd ˈuːman

Also spelled outside-woman, outside ooman

A man's mistress — the woman he keeps 'outside' of his home and marriage, in a long-running affair separate from his wife or main household. Her children by him are 'outside children' (outside-pickney). More established than a casual 'side ting', the outside woman is a familiar figure in the frank Jamaican vocabulary of relationships and the double lives some men lead.

  • Everybody know him have a outside woman.

    Everybody knows he has a mistress.

  • Di outside woman have two pickney fi him.

    The mistress has two children by him.

  • Di wife find out bout di outside woman.

    The wife found out about the mistress.

From 'outside' (outside the home/marriage) + 'woman'; a kept mistress. See [[matey]], [[outside-pickney]].

A man's kept mistress (outside the marriage); her kids are 'outside-pickney'. See [[matey]], [[outside-pickney]].