Definitions tagged dema in the street dictionary.
Envy, spite, or a hateful attitude toward someone. (In the Dominican Republic, it is a shortened form of the word demagogia that evolved to describe acting out of jealousy.)
My teacher caught the Dema, she got all hit with envy and spite.
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In Dominican urban slang, demagogia or the shortened dema refers to envy or being a hater. It also describes the act of sweet-talking or selling people a pipe dream to win their support, a tactic used by both politicians and street artists.
'I am going to plant cassava in the 27th of February tunnel' (a major expressway tunnel in Santo Domingo) : Hipolito Mejia. 'I am going to provide for all the single mothers' : Danilo Medina. (Both quotes are attributed to former Dominican presidents).
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A term for envy or jealousy. While it is a shortening of the word for demagoguery, the original political meaning is replaced by the street sense of being a hater or resenting another person's success.
The Pablo Piddy song Me tienen Dema means They are jealous of me.
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A term for an envious person or a hater (it is a shortened form of demagogia, which in this context refers to spite or jealousy).
Example: Demagogo, Gogo.
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