ag man - oh man; ag as the Afrikaans equivalent to "oh", man pronounced as in English aweh/awe(pronounced \AAAH-WHE E\!

- said in e"citement, as in# Aweh; my boss said I can go home early today.$ %he &ord has man' meanings or uses# "hello", "good('e", "'es"$ Also associated &ith prison use$ ()reeting! "A&eh m' (ru" (Hello m' friend!$ *ompare# ho&+it, 'ooit, hoesit, 'o$ baas - (oss babbelas - hangover (originall' from ,ulu! bakgat - e"pression of appreciation for something ver' &ell accomplished; cool$ bakkie - a utilit' truck, pick-up truck, no& a mainstream &ord in -outh African English bakvissie - (goldfish! a giggl' teenage girl bale - (tv! used to signif' anno'ance (pronounced (arlee! befok - reall' good, e"citing, cool; as in "%he rock-sho& &as befok." ./o not confuse &ith gefok$0 1arado"icall', also can mean "cra+'" in a ver' strong sense, as in "Are 'ou (efok2" 3 definitel' not a polite enquir'$ bek - derogator' term for mouth (Afrikaans# an animal4s mouth!; hou jou bek - "shut up" (literall'" "hold 'our .animal4s0 mouth"!$ %his translates &ell into 5ritish English as "-hut 'our go($" bergie - from berg, mountain, originall' referring to vagrants &ho sheltered in the forests of %a(le 6ountain; no& a mainstream &ord for a particular su(culture of vagrants in *ape %o&n$ When used as slang refers to an'one do&n-andout bill - used to ask for the cheque; as in# "*an 7 have the (ill, please2" biltong - dried meat, similar to 8erk' (a mainstream &ord! bliksem - strike, hit, punch; also used as an e"pression of surprise9emphasis (rude; man' consider the &ord a profanit'!$ 7t derives from the /utch &ord for "lightning", and often occurs in con8unction &ith donner$ :sed as a curse in Afrikaans# Jou bliksem!

bioscope, bio - cinema, movie theatre (no& dated!, originall' a international English &ord that (ecame defunct else&here, it has survived longer in -outh Africa.;0 as a result of the influence of the Afrikaans cognate bioskoop$ Also related to the /utch &ord "(ioscoop", &hich stillmeans "cinema" in <etherlands usage$ blou - to (e tired; also meaning "high" or "stoned" in American slang usage boer - literall' =farmer> in Afrikaans$ English-speaking people use the &ord to indicate an Afrikaans farmer, especiall' in a derogator' &a', like =countr' (umpkin>; (ut Afrikaners use it &ith much more pride, indicating a person &ith a deep love of the soil of Africa, a provider of food$ boerewors - spic' sausage (Afrikaans! farmer-sausage, used as a mainstream &ord in -outh African English boet - male friend (s'non'm for broer meaning (rother, see also bru and bra (elo&!; compare American English# "dude" bokkie - (diminutive of bok, literall' meaning "goat" or "doe"! a popular term of endearment, compara(le to "s&eetheart", "hone'", etc$ bosberaad - strateg' meeting held outdoors, for e"ample in a game reserve$ bossies or bosbefok - cra+', &hacko, mad$ Also a term to descri(e one &ho has shell shock$ efers to the time of the -outh African 5order War &here soldiers spent time in the (ush ("(os9(osse"! and &ould return home suffering (attle flash-(acks$ bot - (oring broekie - panties or ladies under&ear$ ?riginates from the Afrikaans &ord 4(roek4, meaning "trousers"$ bru - male friend (shortening of broer meaning (rother, see also bra (elo&!; compare American English# "dude" button - mandra" ta(let braai - a (ar(ecue, to (ar(ecue (from braaivleis!, used a mainstream &ord in -outh African English cherry "meddie" - see tjerrie

china/chine - a friend; as in the greeting how it china (likel' origin# *ockne' rh'ming slang "*hina plate" (meaning "m' mate"!; from earl' 5ritish immigrants$ chrisco - %erm used to descri(e a part'9disco &here *hristian 6usic mainl' features$ A com(ination of the &ords 4*hristian4 and 4/isco4 chommie/chomma - a friend (compare English "chum"!; also refers to the perineum area (et&een vagina and anus (helps one keep it in the right hole! cuiter - a &ord used to descri(e some(od' if one has a strong dislike for that person$ 7t has a similar meaning to the &ord cunt in the English language eg$ daai cuiter pronk toe nog so lekker toe donner ek hom dagga - most common &ord for 6ari8uana$ dik bek - grump', in a huff (literall'# "thick mouth" (pout!, &ith an image of puffed-out cheeks like a (ullfrog! dinges - thingama(o(, a &ot+it or a &hatchamacallit domkop - idiot see )erman "dummkopf" donner - to (eat up$ :sed together &ith "(liksem"$ /erived from "donder" (thunder, related to %hor!$ Amounts to an ancient curse$ doos - idiot (more likel' an "asshole" or "cunt"; can also mean "female genitalia"! (profanit'!$ @or e"ample# " or' /a *osta is the (iggest doos to &alk the planetA" @rom the Afrikaans &ord for bo! (rude!$ dof - stupid dop - alcohol, to drink alcohol, to fail$ @or e"ample# "*ome and drink a dop (a drink! &ith me" or "74m gonna dop that test$" dorpie - small to&n doss" dossing - -leep, nap, taking life eas' #ro$ wors - (Afrikaans! 4dr' sausage4, similar to (iltong dronkie - drunkard druk - to em(race (not necessar' se"uall'!; tense person eina! - ouchA used as a mainstream &ord in -outh African English

ek s% - 7 sa' flaterwater- %ipp-E" .comes from flater (mistake! and water (&ater!0 floue - an unfunn' (&eak! 8oke (used (' )auteng 7ndians, from the Afrikaans &ord for weak! gatvol - fed up, had enough$ (Afrikaans - hole-full!$ gesuip - ver' drunk, into"icated, plastered$ ?riginal Afrikaans meaning for an animal drinking (&ater! - of course$ gomgat - (umpkin, redneck$ (in :- sense, not to (e confused &ith rooinek! goof" goef - s&im, dip gooi - thro&, chuck hoesit" hoe it, how it - ho&Bs it going2 Ho& are 'ou2 hoer - &hore hotnot/hottie - derogator' term for a *oloured person; as in# ")et the kaffirA oh no he4s a hotnotA" (derived from "Hottentot"!$ (%he ?"ford English /ictionar' notes use of "hotnot" as recentl' as ;CCD$! in sy moer - (adl' damaged, destro'ed (rude, often considered profanit' due to 4moer4! ja - 'es ('a! jislaaik! - &o&A jol - to have fun, to part', can also refer to a disco or part', to commit adulter' or even dating or courting kaffer - e"tremel' offensive &ord for a (lack person; as in "/on4t call me a kaffer"$ Equivalent in offensiveness to "<igger"$ /erives either from the /utch &ord "kaffer" meaning ill-mannered or clums', or the Ara( "kafir" meaning infidel$ kak - shit, crap, ru((ish, nonsense (profanit'!, Eer' &ide usage$ Also used as a &a' of further e"pressing one4s feeling in language, for e"ample, instead of "that girl is prett'" one can sa' emphaticall' "that girl is kak prett'A" khaki - .from the colour &orn (' 5ritish troops0 derogator' term for an English person k%rels - police (?riginal Afrikaans meaning# gu's!$ 7n English pronounced as# *are- ills$ "%he kFrels are coming, &atch outA"

kiff" kif" kief - (ad8ective! poisonous, &icked, cool, neat, great, &onderful$ %he &ord derives from the Afrikaans &ord for poison# gif$ *oastal pot-smokers used the term to descri(e /ur(an 1oison# ")ifs" .locall'-gro&n mari8uana0$ %he &ord evolved into kiff, an ad8ective for "cool", amongst Englishspeaking people on the east coast$ klap - to smack$ (@rom Afrikaans!$ "He got klapped in the (ar"$ Gike a "(itch-slap"$ kont - same as 4*unt4 in english (profanit'! kwaai - cool, e"cellent (Afrikaans# "angr'"$ *ompare the :slang &ord phat$! lag - to laugh$ @or e"ample# &hey lag at the joke. laaitie, lighty - a 'ounger person, esp$ a 'ounger male such as a 'ounger (rother or son (or daughter no&ada's! lank - lots9a lot las/laas - ;$ an act that is undesira(le to commit$ D$ %o tell someone or suggest to stop doing an act$ (origin$ something that is slo&ing 'ou or an o(8ect do&n eg$ 4n Gas in die pad$ (An o(8ect as in a stone in the road$! lekker - nice, good, great (lit$ tast'! ma se poes - "'our mother4s vagina9cunt", used so often it has virtuall' (ecome traditional$Equivalent to doos$ Eariation# "Hou ma se poes"$ 1referred insult (' into"icated *olored people, especiall' in the Western *ape$ maat - friend (?E/! mal - mad, cra+' mallie - mother mamparra - stupid, sill' meit/meid - derogator' term for a (lack or coloured &oman (from /utch, meaning girl, and in old(er! /utch also used like the English "maid(servant!"! (?E/! mielie - millet corn (AmE! 9 mai+e (5rE!, staple diet, penis$ 'ielie rol# mastur(ation muggie - (ug, especiall' a little fl'ing gnat moegoe - stupid person, co&ard, or &eakling

moer - to assault (from Afrikaans 4moor4 - to murder! (rude, often considered profanit'!$ Also an animal4s &om(, used in the phrase (aan vlieg in jou moer! as in )*+, -))! (literall' ")o fl' in 'our motherA"! moerse - (ig, massive, impressive$ "7 had a moerse piece of meat at the (raai"$ "He scored a moerse tr'$" moffie - male homose"ual (derogator'!$ *an (e compared to "faerie"$ moer.toe - stuffed up or destro'ed (m' car is moer-toe! mompie - retard$ ("Giesl, 'ou are such a 6ompieA"! mos - Afrikaans, implies that &hat has (een said is &ell kno&n or self-evident (a formal part of grammar, the closest English equivalent &ould (e /duh!/!$ /0k drink mos tee./ (/I drink tea" duh!/!$ :sed at the end of a sentence, as in /...Jy weet mos./ (/...1ou know then./! naartjie (*itrus reticulata! (Afrikaans!- tangerine, mandarin; used as a mainstream &ord in -outh African English$ ?ften thro&n at %$E$ &hen frustrated &ith referee decisions$ 2.A.A.).I. - (pronounced <AA@7! acron'm for# "<o Am(ition and @uck-all 7nterest"; (originated from the (still e"isting! 5ritish militar' "<av', Arm' and Air @orce 7nstitute"! used to descri(e a la+' person$ :sed e"tensivel' during the da's of <ational -ervice$ n%3 - do 'ou kno& &hat 7 mean2, oh reall'2 nooit - never, no &a', un(elieva(leA oom - an older man of authorit', commonl' in reference to an older Afrikaans man (Afrikaans for uncle! ou (plural ouens! man, gu', (loke (also oke! (Afrikaans I old! ou ballie - old man; as in# "shaft me ou (allie" ousie - %erm used to refer to a maid, usuall' a (lack female (sometimes derogator'!; Also used (' (' (lack females to call9refer to each other pap - traditional mai+e porridge similar to grits; can also mean "deflated"$ plaas - farm

plank - derogator' term used (' English-speaking people to refer to Afrikaners$ -tems from people &ith a thick Afrikaans accent sounding 4as thick as t&o short planks4 &hen speaking English platteland - rural area piel - 1enis or /ick (slang for penis (English!! poes - vagina or a rude name for someone#Jy is 4n poes.;*unt poep - fart$ Also# "spuitpoep", literall' a "squirt fart" (not used in polite compan'! pomp - to have se" (from Afrikaans &ord for pump! (rude! pommie - derogator' term for an English person ((orro&ed from Australia!; as in# "7 &ish i &as as rich as the pommies" rooinek - ("red neck"! derogator' term for English person$ Almost the e"act opposite to the American usage of "redneck"$ sat - dead - see 4vrek4 (elo&$ (1ronounced as sut in English! sies - e"pression of disgust, disappointment, anno'ance, as in# ag" sies" man$ skief - to glare at someone (root# Afrikaans 4skeef4, ske&! "skop, skiet en (oom klim" - literall' "kicking, shooting and clim(ing trees"$ A colloquial description of an action film, usuall' of the lighter, more humorous kind$ (%hink Hackie *han$! "skop, skiet en donner" - literall' "kicking, shooting and (eating people up"$ A colloquial description of an action movie of the more violent kind$ (%hink Hean-*laude Ean /amme$! skelm - crook skinner" skinder - gossip skop - kick skort - &atch out, (e careful skraal - ver' hungr'$ (/ur(an region, from Afrikaans for "thin" or "emaciated"$! scrompie - -lang for "ho(o" or "(ergie"$ (Giesl told her J'ear-old son, Karl, to &alk a&a' from the scrompie &alking to&ards them$! skrik - fright

skyf - cigarette, a puff, and also less commonl' 6ari8uana or dagga$ smaak - to like another person or thing smaak stukkend - to like ver' much or to love to pieces (literal meaning of stukkend!$ "7 smaak 'ou stukkend" I "7 love 'ou madl'"$ soek - to look for trou(le &ith someone9to antagonise9to stir up trou(le I "'ou soeking &ith me2" - Afrikaans# "to look for"$ sommer - for no particular reason, 8ust (ecause sosatie - a ke(a( on a stick, used as mainstream &ord in -outh African English "soutie" - derogator' term for English person$ -hort for "soutpiel" literall' salt penis$ -omeone &ith one foot in England, the other in -outh Africa and the other (it hanging in the seaA steek - sta(, poke (&ith knife!; have se"$ "He9she steeked her9him" I "He9she poked her9him"$ steekmoer - someone &ho looks like a &oman from the (ack (ut a man from the front$ :sed as a derogator' term for males &ith long hair stukkie, stekkie - a &oman (from the Afrikaans meaning "a piece"! stoep - porch, verandah, like American English stoop, (ut pronounced &ith a shorter vo&el stukkend - (Afrikaans! (roken swak - (roke$ ?riginal Afrikaans# &eak$ "74m s&ak, ek sF"$ Also used to e"press disgust or derision (depending on tone and conte"t!, for e"ample# "7t4s s&ak that 7 failed the test" tannie - an older female authorit' figure$ .Word used most often (' 7ndians$ /erived from the Afrikaans &ord for "aunt'"0 tekkies - sneakers$ (%he Anglicised pronunciation takkies has (ecome mainstream in -outh African English$! toppie - father - see ou ballie trek - to move or pull$ (%he &ord has (ecome international &ith the meaning of "making a pioneering 8ourne'"; the slang

usage more closel' resem(les the standard Afrikaans meaning$! tuinbooi - %erm used to refer to a garderner, usuall' a (lack gardener (/erogator'! vaalie - mildl' derogative term used (' people on the coast to descri(e a tourist from inland ( oot# ?ld %ransvaal province! vellies - traditional Afrikaans outdoors shoes made from hide voetsek/voertsek - get lost, (u++ off, go a&a', run, scram, stuff off (rude, often considered a profanit', or at least rather coarse! vrek - derogator' term for dead$ (?riginal Afrikaans meaning for an animal d'ing!$ vrot - rotten, putrid, sometimes drunk$ vry - to make out$ yoh - an e"pression of surprise ol - a homemade cigarette rolled &ith old ne&spaper or ri+las (likel' mari8uana-filled! 8oint