Someone who is an idoit, a wanna-be hoodlum, a bitch, a slut, whore, tramp, player, etc. or anyother insulting and degrading term. It also my be used as a term of endearment.
joe: "yo! look at my new pants, these jaunts can wrap around my entire body twice!"
john: " dude, your such a slum duppy."
--or--
jane: "oh my gosh your always forgetting about our plans!"
bob; "your such a slum duppy."
A word used amongst older Caribbeans to describe an ugly, short fat person. Broken down, a duppy is a hideous demon or ghost and sand, suggesting the duppy is close to the ground, as in short.
He’s so short and fat, he favours sand-duppy