"rhatid" meaning in English

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Etymology: Traditionally taken to be a Jamaican form of wrathed or wrothed, or possibly from or reinforced by rotted, but other origins have also been proposed. Some other people think, that the origin of the word is from an old welsh novel “Rahtid mi blimey” as it was one of the few books that made it across the pond. Etymology templates: {{m|en|wrathed}} wrathed, {{m|en|wroth|wrothed}} wrothed, {{m|en|rotted}} rotted Head templates: {{head|en|particle}} rhatid
  1. (Jamaica) A swear word, like damn or hell. Tags: Jamaica Synonyms: ratid, raatid, rhaatid
    Sense id: en-rhatid-en-particle-nfSbqmXP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English particles, Jamaican English

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          "ref": "2004, Sonia Icilyn, One More Chance, page 112",
          "text": "\"This married man told me his name was Graham Jefferson,\" she went on, \"but his real name is Alan Clayton and he's Bren Hunter's brother-in-law.\" \"But kiss me neck back to rhatid,\" Sarah cussed, in what was, to her, uncustomary usage of the Caribbean lingo. \"They're related?\" \"Yes,\" Latisha confirmed.",
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          "ref": "2016, H M Hanlan, Sunset on the Horizon The Story of a Rebel Woman, Rebellion and the Jamaica Maroon Treaties",
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          "text": "As yet another example for that, Cyaah Gwaan To Rhatid (Lutan Fyah, 2015b) shows Lutan Fyah judging wit di Bible inna mi hand in regard to structural enforcements of gay liberation – cause Christ never make such law: (...) Things are changing And a lot a things that papa, mama preached against / Dem a force mi fi tolerate it (...) / Say that cyaah gwaan to rhatid' / Mi a judge wit di Bible inna mi hand (...)",
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