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Hush

A word used in Jamaica used to mean "I'm sorry that thing happened to you" or "don't mind" or when something bad happens to someone and you are trying to comfort them, often thought to mean shut up which is not the case in this context.
Pearl: Me drop and lick me knee mommy
Mommy: Hush yah it soon get betta go put some hydrogen peroxide on it
by tleea May 11, 2024
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hush crime

Any type of crime that the media tries to cover up, downplay or minimize, in order not to offend a certain group.
The news media colludes to hush crime, after all who has ever heard of Channon Christian or the Cleveland, Texas rape case?
by anthony "have a heart" stokes February 17, 2018
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hush mode

To be in a state of quietness because of being clowned on.
Monique got dissed so bad yesterday, my homie Mark put her in hush mode.
by Mann Willis July 10, 2005
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hush ya gums

""yo bitch, whats this? you arguing with me ye? you want some ye?""

"hush ya gums before i knock your teeth out"
by knikki October 13, 2008
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hush money

money paid to someone to buy their silence, to prevent them from revealing or making public something secret one does not wish to come out;
or just putting it straight and plain: money paid to someone for keeping their mouth shut, a bribe for somebody's silence.
She's been given enough hush money to keep her mouth shut till the end of the world and even a day longer, at least that's what she said. But you know women and alcohol - a dangerous combination of the two: at Peter's party last week she had had a drink or two too much and she let the cat out of the bag.
by Aleph July 30, 2008
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hush hush

Keeping something secret...like when you tell someone to hush or keep quiet.
by Rich Rapper June 18, 2018
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hush ring

A hush ring is an engagement ring given with no foreseeable intention of marriage. It is usually given when a couple has been together for several years (usually with children) and the woman nags the man about getting married.
Man I gave my girl a ring so she would shut up about getting married.
So man you gave her a hush ring.
by QueenMum February 15, 2017
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