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English

Etymology 1

A Caribbean patois word, of West African origin.

Noun

duppie (plural duppies)

1. Alternative spelling of duppy

Etymology 2

Blend of depressed +? yuppie.

Noun

duppie (plural duppies)

1. An urban professional suffering from depression, especially one who has lost a high-paying job and been forced to take up lower-paying work.
   • 2003, Leslie Haggin Geary, "Here come the 'Duppies' ", CNN/Money, 17 June 2003:

     Older Duppies who've lived through previous layoffs seem prepared for the emotional and financial shifts that a protracted job loss can bring.

   • 2003, Rene A. Guzman, "Overeducated and underemployed", San Antonio Express-News, 18 July 2003:

     In recent months, the founder and director of Life Transitions career counseling and life coaching in San Antonio has seen plenty of duppies struggle with escalating debts and depression.

     "The reality may be that they might have to take on what we call a 'stop-loss job,'" Lincoln says, referring to a lower-paying position the typical duppie once scoffed at.

   • 2004, Joyce Lain Kennedy, "Learning To Read Is Essential", Sun Sentinel, 19 April 2004:

     In fact, I've seen the term "duppies," which means depressed urban professionals who take jobs at a lower level than their old employment. But, as you recognize, duppies can pass through more hiring portals because they can read.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:duppie.

Dutch

Etymology

From a clipping of dubbeltje +? -ie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.pi/
• Hyphenation: dup?pie
• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

duppie n (plural duppies)

1. (colloquial, Netherlands) dubbeltje

   Synonyms: beisje, dubbeltje

English

Alternative forms

• duppie, doopy, dupie

Etymology

Jamaica, circa 18th century. From Bube dupe (“ghost”) or Akan ad?pe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?pi/
• Rhymes: -?pi

Noun

duppy (plural duppies)

1. (Caribbean, Jamaican) A ghost or spirit, often appearing in the form of a dog barking or howling through the night.
2. (Jamaican, games) A drawn game of noughts and crosses (in Jamaica tii-taa-tuo).

Synonyms

• (ghost): See Thesaurus:ghost

Derived terms

Verb

duppy (third-person singular simple present duppies, present participle duppying, simple past and past participle duppied)

1. (MLE, transitive) To kill; to murder.
   • 2008, Kingsley Ogundele, online message quoted in 2010 January 27, Rob Sharp, "CSI: Chatroom", The Independent

     He refers to his intention to kill a schoolgirl pregnant with Jolie's unborn baby – who the pair believe is giving Jolie undue hassle. "I'll get da fiend to duppy her den," he writes.

   • 2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, Profile Books ?ISBN, page 176

     He duppied my bredren and as long as I could remember Paps was telling me not to trust the Feds.

2. (MLE, by extension, transitive) To excel in.
   • 2011, Kano, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow 2011"

     I duppied every rave.

Synonyms

• (to kill): see Thesaurus:kill

References

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Possibly from Bube dupe (“ghost”) or Akan ad?pe. Compare Bajan duppy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?p?/
• Hyphenation: du?ppy

Noun

duppy (plural: duppy dem, quantified: duppy)

1. ghost; an evil spirit; duppy; poltergeist (ghost)

See also

• Blackheart Man
• Rolling Calf

References