raatid

English Definition

extremely angry; annoyed

Etymology

• (Traditionally taken to be a Jamaican form of English wrathed or English wrothed, or possibly from or reinforced by English rotted, but other origins have also been proposed.)

Examples

• "Dis raatid fassy a get pon mi nerves."

  This bloody asshole is getting on my nerves.

• "“raatid (rä-tid): int./adj. - an exclamation of surprise, scorn or contempt; unscrupulous; feisty; worrisome […]”"

  Bloody hell! What's this?

• "Raatid! But a wha dis?"

  They're bloody well lying.

• "A mus lie dem a tell to raatid!"