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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.
The Provenance of the term ‘Kafir’ in South Africa and the notion of Beginning by Gabeba Baderoon; A Dictionary of South African English on historical principles. Oxford University Press, in Association with the Dictionary Unit for South African English. 1996. ISBN 0-19-863153-7. OCLC 35662626. "Kaffirs" . Encyclopædia Britannica.
(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 ...
From our obsession with sweet tea to our no-rush mindset, there are some things about the South and Southern people that—bless their hearts—the rest of the country just can't understand. And ...
Correspondingly, the word is "sometimes used as ugly slang for a black person". [19] Use of the derived term hotnot was explicitly proscribed in South Africa by 2008. [20] Accordingly, much recent scholarship on the history of colonial attitudes to the Khoisan or on the European trope of "the Hottentot" puts the term Hottentot in scare quotes. [21]
K-word may refer to: Kaffir (racial term), a racial slur used in South Africa; Kike, an antisemitic ethnic slur; Keling, a racial slur to denote a person originating from the Indian subcontinent, including overseas Indians; Khokhol, a racial slur used in Russia against Ukrainians. Kurwa, a profanity in Polish
Swear words are thought to have sounds that help facilitate the expression of emotion and attitude, researchers say. Swear words in different languages lack similar sounds, study suggests Skip to ...
In text threads, social media comments, Instagram stories, Tik Toks and elsewhere, more people are using words like "slay," "woke," "period," "tea" and "sis" — just to name a few. While some ...