su-su n.
(W.I. Rasta) gossip, the sound of whispering.
Anancy Stories and Dialect Verse 101: susu – whisper. | ||
Auntie Roachy Sey (2003) 83: Dat hear-sah seh-seh, susu, kas-kas an all dem tings. | ||
School’s Out I i: The occasional intrigue, the little undercurrents, that sort of thing, plus there is a fair amount of backbiting, su-su. | ||
Jam. Patois 47: Shet uno moht, a so-so su-su uno ya! – Shut up, it’s only gossip you hear! | ||
(con. c.1945) Island Songs (2006) 16: He also didn’t want the preacher man [...] to offer his fellow villagers any gossip or ‘su-su’ talk of how the Rodney family did not give of their best. |