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  2. List of South African slang words - Wikipedia

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    While the original English meaning stays intact, it can also refer to a big mess. Whether it be messy hair, a messy bedroom or a loud and messy gathering, like a party. kreef – literally means "crayfish" but it refers to a promiscuous woman with the intent to attract men. kry 'n kramp! – lit. "get a cramp". A definitive expression of strong ...

  3. Baba (honorific) - Wikipedia

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    Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is an Indo-Iranian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures.. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics and Sikh gurus, as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Baba Ramdev, etc. [1] [3]

  4. Barbapapa - Wikipedia

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    Barbapapa is a 1970 children's picture book by the French-American couple Annette Tison and Talus Taylor, who lived in Paris, France. Barbapapa is both the title character and the name of his "species". The book was the first of a series of children's books originally written in French and later translated into over 30 languages. [1]

  5. Baba (name) - Wikipedia

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    Baba can be a surname in several cultures such as Dravidian, Japanese, Turkics, and Yoruba.It is also a nickname for 'father' in some languages, and translates to "father" in the Arabic, Persian and Shona languages.

  6. Baba Yaga - Wikipedia

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    Variations of the name Baba Yaga are found in many Slavic languages.In Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian and Bulgarian, baba means 'grandmother' or 'old woman'. In contemporary Polish and Russian, baba / баба is also a pejorative synonym for 'woman', in particular one that is old, dirty or foolish.

  7. Babalú - Wikipedia

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    The first publication with an English translation (by Sydney King Russell) was in 1941. "Babalú" was the signature song of the fictional television character Ricky Ricardo , played by Desi Arnaz in the television comedy series I Love Lucy , though it was already an established musical number for Arnaz in the 1940s as evidenced in the 1946 film ...

  8. Hokkien profanity - Wikipedia

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    literal meaning English translation Notes kha-chhng: 尻川 ass buttocks or anus lín chó͘-má: 恁祖媽 your grandmother first personal pronoun Used by female speakers as a rude modality, see Hokkien pronouns. lín niâ: 恁娘 your mother lín pē: 恁爸 your father first personal pronoun

  9. Baba ghanoush - Wikipedia

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    Baba ghanoush (/ ˌ b ɑː b ə ɡ ə ˈ n uː ʃ / BAH-bə gə-NOOSH, UK also /-ɡ æ ˈ n uː ʃ /-⁠ gan-OOSH, US also /-ɡ ə ˈ n uː ʒ /-⁠ gə-NOOZH; [3] [4 ...