dem
(Caribbean, Jamaica, w:Multicultural London English, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.
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(Caribbean, Jamaica, w:Multicultural London English, MLE, slang) (clitic, suffix) A group of.
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- mandem69%
Group of male friends; "the lads." From MLE / Black British English.
- mandem66%
A group of men or boys; male friends or fellow gang members.
- bredder62%
(Caribbean, Jamaica, and, MLE) brother or bredrin; a close male friend or associate.
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(Multicultural London English, MTE, slang) what's up, what's happening.
- ting61%
Patois pronunciation of "thing", with the initial "th" softened to "t" as is standard in Jamaican English. Used in all the ordinary English senses — an object, a matter, a situation ("dat a different ting") — but also carries a distinctly Caribbean and Multicultural London English meaning: a romantic interest, a girl one is seeing or attracted to ("she my ting"). The word travelled from Patois into UK road rap and grime in the 2000s and 2010s and is now mainstream slang across the UK, often heard in lines like "peng ting" (an attractive person). Tone and context determine whether the speaker means an object, a situation or a person.