Muss Muss is the Jamaican patois name for mice! I don't know how my Country Folk of old came up with these but I get a good kick out if it. Seriously, can you imagine a whole bunch of people thrown together speaking different languages and none of them understand the other? Must have been a whole lot of pointing going on, no wonder us Jamaicans love to point finger so much!
Translation: Fire on the "muss muss" tail he think it's cool breeze.
What does this mean? My mother used to use this often when we as children, especially when we got to tween and teenage and became stubborn and mouthy. It means that when you think you are having fun or skylarking a whooping awaits!
I say it now when someone gloats, or think they have an advantage over me and I can see around the corner and know what awaits them! That speaks to the power of insight and foresight which is something that most young people lack. Also someone like a new comer (job or country) think they know it all, yet because of knowledge and experience you can see when they are being naïve and short sighted.
Beware and be aware!
MissSam
April 18, 2014
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