To be talked badly about, or to be talked downly upon
Examples: Dem ah chat mi, yuh, wi, unuh etc.
Patois: Mi know seh dem ah chat mi, dat ah wah mek mi nuh par wid dem.
English: I know they are talking badly about me, that's why I don't hangout with them.
Patois: Dem ah chat yuh, dem ah nuh yuh real parrie.
English: They are talking badly about you, they are not your real friends.
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