Meaning
Women's matters and affairs — the concerns, work, and business regarded as belonging to women's world, from household and childcare matters to female health and menstruation (a common polite way to refer to a period). 'Dat a ooman tings' can gently shut a man or child out of a conversation not meant for them.
Examples
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Leave di kitchen, dat a ooman tings.
Leave the kitchen, that's women's business.
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She nuh feel good, a ooman tings.
She's not feeling well, it's a woman's matter (her period).
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Dem a discuss ooman tings, mek wi go outside.
They're discussing women's matters, let's go outside.
Origin
From 'ooman' (woman) + 'tings' (things); women's matters, incl. a euphemism for menstruation. See [[ooman]], [[belly-woman]].
How it’s used
Women's affairs; also a polite euphemism for menstruation. See [[ooman]], [[belly-woman]].