If somebody calls a man a hornerman, Caribbean people know the story already. Now the Oxford English Dictionary knows it too.

The Trinidad and Tobago word for an unfaithful man is among more than a dozen expressions from the Caribbean and Bermuda recognised in the dictionary’s September update. And if the discovery causes somebody to get on, to make a scene, she might be glad she kept a little vex money aside for an unexpected situation.

The new entries carry plenty of flavour. Peanut punch and coconut sugar cake represent the food and drink. Bermuda contributes hamma, meaning a friend, and shadeesh, its word for chorizo. Nana and nani, used for maternal grandparents, are in the mix too.

There is room for a little fright as well. Jablesse and douen, figures from Caribbean folklore, have joined the pages. And canboulay brings a piece of Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival history, rooted in emancipation and resistance.

The additions have brought smiles in Trinidad and Tobago. Grocery store owner Leonard Alexander chuckled at seeing hornerman in the dictionary, telling the Associated Press that the expression was part of what people grew up with. Maintenance technician Avionne George welcomed the recognition of folklore terms, saying younger people may no longer know stories about the douen and jablesse.

Oxford says the additions are part of its work to document English as it is used around the world. The Bermudian entries are also linked to its collaboration with the Bermuda Spelling Bee.

The words were alive in Caribbean homes, kitchens and conversations long before they appeared in Oxford. Now readers elsewhere can look them up, and perhaps understand why a Caribbean woman always keeps her vex money.