Meaning
High blood pressure; hypertension — commonly called 'high blood' or simply 'pressure' ('di pressure'). To 'have pressure' is a familiar complaint of older Jamaicans, managed with medication, low salt, and bush teas. 'Yuh a raise mi pressure' means you're stressing or angering me — a common everyday expression.
Examples
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Di doctor seh him have high blood.
The doctor said he has high blood pressure.
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Cut dung di salt fi di pressure.
Cut down the salt for the blood pressure.
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Yuh a raise mi pressure wid dis foolishness.
You're raising my blood pressure with this foolishness.
Origin
From 'high' + 'blood' (pressure); the everyday word for hypertension. See [[sugar]], [[bad-blood]].
How it’s used
High blood pressure ('pressure'); 'raise mi pressure' = stress/anger me. See [[sugar]], [[pressure]].