noun Street Slang

Duppy

/ˈdʌpi/ · noun · informal

A ghost or spirit in Caribbean folklore — also slang for ending someone's career.

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Definitions

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A ghost or malevolent spirit in Jamaican and Caribbean folklore.

“Granny say a duppy walk the road at night.”
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Used loosely for spookiness or anything ghostly and eerie.

“This empty house got a duppy feeling.”
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In music-clash and rap slang, to 'duppy' someone is to bury or destroy them lyrically.

“That diss track duppy him career.”
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Duppy In A Sentence

Don't tell duppy stories before bed.
He came for a clash and got duppy'd on stage.
Something moved in the corner, I swear it's a duppy.

Origin & Usage

Jamaican Patois, likely from a West African (Ga/Bube) word for ghost. The 'destroy lyrically' sense was popularized by Vybz Kartel's 'Duppy' clashes and later diss culture.

Variants duppy conquerorduppy bat
Tags #caribbean#uk#music

People Also Ask

What does 'duppy' mean?

It's a ghost or spirit in Caribbean folklore, and in music slang it means to destroy someone lyrically.

What does it mean to 'duppy' someone?

It means to bury or end them — in a rap clash it means to defeat them so badly their career is finished.

Where does 'duppy' come from?

It's Jamaican Patois with West African roots, used for ghosts in Caribbean folk tradition.

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