Definitions of "Downpression"
- 1. Downpression (Noun)
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English TranslationOppression
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DefinitionRastafarian slang for oppression. This is derived from the Rastafarian play on words which is said to remove all the power that negative words such as “oppression” has over ones soul. Oppression is changed to downpression because oppression keeps a man down instead of lifting him up.
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Example SentencesPatois: Mi tiad adi downpression, Mi need a change
English: I’m tired of the oppression, I need a change -
Related WordsBabylon , Ball head , Blessed , Bobo dread ,
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posted by anonymous on November 19, 2013
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The Rastafarian language is actually much easier to learn than Jamaican Patois because it’s mostly a play on English words (e.g. “overstand” for “understand”,“downpress” for “oppress”,“ I-ditate” for “meditate” etc…) rather than being an entirely separate dialect as with Jamaican Patois.
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