Tingting
Meaning
This Haitian Creole expression means to repeatedly annoy or irritate someone.
Translation: repeatedly bother, nagging, nettle
Example 1
Li tingting moun sa yo twòp!
She harasses these people too much!
Example 2
Yolene tingting papa l pou sirèt jiskaske li achte sirèt chokola pou li.
Yolene kept nagging her dad until he bought chocolate for her.
Here's One Way to Think of it
Another way to visualize the Creole expression tingting is by imagining someone repeatedly poking you (see intro image).
Of course, that would get annoying really quickly. Well, that is the basically sentiment behind the Creole expression tingting.