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(Informal) a ditzy woman (derogatory term), from the Afrikaans word pop, meaning a doll. potjie A cast iron dutch oven. robot Besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic lights. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time. [34 ...
The following slang words used in South African originated in other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and subsequently came to South Africa. bint – a girl, from Arabic بِنْت. Usually seen as derogatory. buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar.
Misbehaviour or misbehavior may refer to: Misbehavior, a 2016 South Korean film; Misbehaviour, a 2020 British film "Misbehaviour", a song on ...
Mental health is a serious public health issue for girls and all kids, but there are tools to address it. It can be scary to see children in distress, but they can be equipped with the skills to ...
Misbehaviour is a 2020 British comedy-drama film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, from a screenplay by Gaby Chiappe and Rebecca Frayn, from a story by Frayn. The film stars Keira Knightley , Gugu Mbatha-Raw , Jessie Buckley , Keeley Hawes , Phyllis Logan , Lesley Manville , Rhys Ifans and Greg Kinnear .
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Kaffir (/ ˈ k æ f ər /), [1] also spelled Cafri, is an exonym and an ethnic slur – the use of it in reference to black people being particularly common in South Africa.In Arabic, the word kāfir ("unbeliever") was originally applied to non-Muslims before becoming predominantly focused on pagan zanj (black African) who were increasingly used as slaves. [2]
Sabela is a covert communication dialect of several major South African languages formed by the Numbers gang. [1] [2] Sabela was originally developed in the mines during the early 1900's as a means of communication between the members of The Numbers Gang but as the gang's influence grew in various South African prisons, the language became eminent in prison and since then, released inmates ...