", Jammie (Yuck John! He's always pulling goofed actions." Surfers who rides waves lying down on a spongelike board. Skelm ('Skellum') for walking around the farm fields), vrek : could also come from the German verrecken which means to die(a rather crude word though) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.187.87.181 (talk) 15:42, 2 August 2016 (UTC), Got this off the wavescape website, thought one of you would like to use bits of it or whatever: Pap ('Pup') for it is such a commonly used word. Broer ('Broo') To prepare the dope before you smoke it. If someone says "now now", you're making progress. Chariot gammie - an injured body part (Canny play, I've got a gammie leg.) Typically from the ages of 18-25, and often thought as a young, white, fashionable male. ", Numb Wrapped in a corn sheath and buried underground for months, the Malawi Cob brings an interesting dimension to the array of smoking possibilities in South Africa. The past tense is "gedoen", which means "done". "I'll clean my room just now, Ma." Five bob was five shillings. Pekkie, pikkie (Where are you coming from?) "connection – a friend, mate, chommie" - This has been used in the USA long before South Africa (Probably many other places as well) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.14.35.4 (talk) 15:10, 9 April 2015 (UTC), Last time I looked, a kangaroo's pouch is on the front. At least real rats don’t drop in on you. I do feel they are comparable, however. (Good surf) Nothing to do with preparing food. (What do you think?) (No, Oh no!) At the Crayfish Factory on a 12' day, you don’t really want to spend time there. (Nice, radical) "That was such a rop wave.". Isit? Buy his books here. That's not a lekker way to treat your chinas, especially if they are surf "tjommies". (Chilling out, parking off, relax) "Let's lammit at my spot." or a high-class dinner do as in "We went to a larney party that had caviar for pudding. Mellow Yellow They also jerk around at high speed, emitting strangled sounds, while techno or heavy metal music pounds in their ears. (From Afrikaans “Tjoekie” - Jail) I was chucked in the chookie for chooning that chick who turned out to be a cop. A stukkie is a "little piece". Now you can break it off to the admiring looks of your fellow "rookers" (smokers). Smooth conditions because there is no wind. eg. (Fancy, designer clothes, snob, friend) A number of variations on a word denoting someone who is well-dressed, or designer clothes, or a well-to-do function. Lame If someone "cooks", they are not a chef, they are a good surfer. A sought after variety of dope grown in the Lusikisiki area of Transkei. User:Kuratowski's Ghost replaced this note, saying "JAP is not comparable to kugel, kugel carries a connotation of being common but trying too hard to be appear wealthy and sophisticated and overdoing it, JAP implies being spolit due to actual wealth". The broken-off neck of a bottle, usually wine, soda or beer. Skop Can mean news. Dumpy Madiba ag man: man is not pronounced as in English. ('Ay-tah') With words like firing, smoking, barrel and going off, it’s a natural progression to ballistic. (Good wave) "I scored a bomb." Shacked As with anorexics, most kugels are young, but there is no age limit. YOU ALL ARE GOING ON AND ON ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE USING WROUNG WORDS FROM DIFFRENT LANGUAGES TO MAKE WROUNG STATEMENTS,BUT DOES IT REALY MATTER? Many kugels are genuinely wealthy, or come from wealthy families. But be warned, don’t mention sheep. And when they do, they change it (Kuif), Kak ('Kuk') Snart Ring, ringpiece (Bottleneck) The orifice that is used to make a pipe through which dagga is smoked. (Afrikaans - Little piece) Sexist term for a woman, or man. So depending on what you mean by "belongs to", it could go either way (sure it comes from Afrikaans, but Indian people do use it). Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not#Slang glossaries, http://www.wavescape.co.za/bot_bar/surfrikan/slang.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:List_of_South_African_slang_words&oldid=998566343, Wikipedia articles that use South African English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This page was last edited on 6 January 2021, at 00:11. (Cancel, hard work) Two known meanings here. (Hero, good guy, classy oke) Down in the Eastern Cape, when the party is ripping, and everyone starts getting all soppy and sentimental, they might start calling each other "legends". Grommet Rather, it's a way of describing a punch that decks your adversary, probably with the desired result in mind. You make a braai with wood in a metal drum or between bricks. When the wave breaks at the same time all the way down. In Afrikaans, the word "doening" doesn't exist. Information and translations of bodied in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. "I am going on a jol (party)." (Afrikaans - Bush) But also crazy or loopie or having a bush frenzy, named after South African soldiers who were psychologically damaged in the Angolan war. But a wave fades on the inside if the water gets deeper. Good. We had such a cool time at Jay Bay (enjoyment). Pronounced "snoop" (as in "look") in the same way as snoek. Is this allowed or what? Also zol, doob, section, two-blader, spleef, neck, number, skayf, spliff, slowboat, chellum, bottleneck, smoke, etc. testicles) A man's tackle, balls, gonads, marbles, albasters, braaipack. You don’t really want to smoke them if you can help it, but if you have to ... Skollie ('Skaw-llie') "Shall we park off and watch the Rip Curl Search video for the 40th time?" The diminutive version is bokkie, referring to a girlfriend or girl. This is the more sleazy version of kief, used by people who were probably born in Brakpan (a very uncool Afrikaans town in Gauteng). Bok (bôck, as in “jock”) I MEAN IF THOSE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER IT CLEARLY STATES THAT THEY HAVE MADE USE OF THAT PARTICULULAR LANGUAGE AND HAVE FOUND A DIFFRENT MEANING TO IT,IT DOESNT MATTER WHOSE THE ORIGINAL OWNER IF I FEEL I CAN MAKE USE OF THAT PARTICULAR WORD FROM THAT LANGUAGE AND FIND A MEANING TO IT THAN SO BE IT,THERES NO CRIME IN DOING THAT AND NOTHING WROUNG REALY.NE MAY BE AN AFRIKAANS WORD BUT WE USE IT IN ZULU AND IT FITS VERY WELL.SO GET OVER YOURSELVES,LANGUAGE IS FOR EVERYONE DONT BE CHILDISH AND SELFISH!! ", Johnny (Paralytic drunk or totally high) "I was completely wasted at the party". Well, that depends on how long we take to finish watching the video and putting on the roofracks). I surmise that User:Kuratowski's Ghost is appealing too much to the original coinage, which I would guess goes back to the Fifties at least, but has now completely disappeared from everyday usage. Lacking in the social graces, "Van" is usually a "plaas japie" (farm boy) from the platteland. (Utility adjective) It is not used to paint a picture of "uniqueness", but rather as an extra adjective meaning "lank" or "kiff". / Get out of the way. (Clothes, gear) "Jissus broer, you got lank marcha for the larney kittes ek se." (Rising swell, or organised person) "The surf is jacking up" (The surf is getting bigger). ), Moer ('Moor-r') Students and drunk people usually do it. (Very stoned or drunk) "I am s-o-o-o-o worse!". "Let's kap another dop." When another surfer takes off in front of you on a wave. Good biltong is manna to your average boer, or other full-bodied "Surfrikans". "What do you skeem?" Lank (Wimp) A naff is somebody lacking backbone, a complete wimp or wuss. Like the all-encompassing "nice", used by semi-literate English speakers the world over, it can be used in any context, and is a convenient way to express a limited vocabulary. (Fast) That car was really shifting bru. Wine baby. veldskoen: don't you mean velskoen? (Aggravation) Usually used in this context: "Don't tune me grief." vel = hide (nope veld as in "field" shoes. A gender bender is a person who disrupts or "bends" expected gender roles.Bending expected gender roles may also be called a genderfuck.Gender bending is sometimes a form of social activism undertaken to destroy rigid gender roles and defy sex-role stereotypes, notably in cases where the gender-nonconforming person finds these roles oppressive. "Hey brah, Super’s is firing on all cylinders, ek se. (Expression of sympathy) "These piles are lank sore." 1. (No mate! “Slang” is a type of informal English. There’s also … “taste of”) Like, enjoy, have hots for. To piss someone off, to be pissed off. (Afrikaans – origin uncertain.) It is a swear word, mostly used to berate someone. See Crush it for a detailed explanation. Going Ballistic (I swore at Harry and he swore back). Rave —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.145.130.252 (talk) 17:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC). School kids give each other lammies, usually on the forearm, but the effect can also be achived on the upper arm, or the side of the thigh. dry — a taste sensation often attributed to tannins and causing puckering sensations in the mouth; the opposite of sweet. The word "no" is often taken to mean "yes". The clan name for former President Mandela that has become universally used as an affectionate nickname. (I got so stoned after smoking a big joint at Numbers disco last night), Number (The) Boerewors Curtain (Afrikaans – lit. (The palace) Let's chillout/parkoff in the pallas. Page needs to be placed into a watch bin or something and cleaned-up or taken down. The best cannabis vintage from Transkei. (Are you mad?!) Not to be confused with the furry creature with buck teeth, although youngsters who surf, many of them beginners, look similar and are viewed in the same way, if not worse. Maybe from “position”? in sympathy when a shark haps your buddies’ buttocks while surfing in the Kei. Biltong (We haven't spoken for years! A spurt of adrenal thrill. (Afrikaans - Rotten, putrid) Used by all language groups to describe something highly undesirable, or smelly, or rotten. If you're good, the wetness hitting the heat will crack the bottle all the way round in a perfect circle. Bust Instead of "He threw a stone at me", they say "Hy het my met 'n klip gegooi" (He threw me with a stone). Score (Afrikaans - Poison, cool) Not a computer image. (Afrikaans - Heads) A "kop" is a person’s head. See chips. Boer It is achieved by rubbing the koppe against the palm of your other hand. Loskop While it’s acceptable to call someone a charro or charra if you’re Indian, you might be seen as a racist if you’re not. I would like to claim this as our own "durban coloured slang" not indian. In other words, the surf is big, clean, has excellent shape and there are plenty of waves in a set. Kished, kussed (Marijuana) South Africa is a rich in marijuana. The Brits were the first to make it commercially viable. The Etimologiewoordeboek van afrikaans (van Wyk, 2003) says nè comes probably from Dutch : nie(t) waar, cites Boniface in 1832 recording "Hy zeg mus daar woord zoopies verkog, neh". It's an expression of surprise, or fear, or shock. ", Got off with (Cooking surf) Another superlative to describe good surf. "Sorry, can I just get past." The FGC (Fighting Game Community) uses this word to describe a beating a player has taken. An affirmative phrase to add impact to what you are communicating. Charo, charra There are other websites available for this kind of senseless banter. When the surf is cooking, it’s "going off its face", "firing", "pumping", "cranking", "going off its pip", "kraaking", "sick", "rad", "perfect", "going ballistic", etc. Most of the words here are not slang. Apart from it’s other meanings (to give someone a smack), it is widely used to denote a take on a joint. --List Expert 23:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC). How's your mind? What is slang? (Pimple, or a feeble person) "Don't be such a dork Dick!" foot = voet (human), poot (animal) In fact, all slashing, cutting, ripping motions can be applied to a surfer who is "going off" in "cooking waves". Bane Zonked (Let's have another drink), Kap it ('Kup ut') "Let's do dis ting" can mean "Let's go surfing," but specific to dagga culture. Dirty words won't kill you, people. (Greeting) "Ahoy!" I suggest that you read the talk page guidelines. Platteland The body politic is a medieval metaphor that likens a nation to a corporation which had serious historical repercussions throughout recent history and therefore giving the Crown – "as a legal entity today the Crown as executive is regarded as a corporation sole or aggregate" – the status of a corporate entity. A derogatory method of describing a paddle skier, the sort of person that goes out in the surf paddling on a canoe that looks like a half-sucked lozenge. It's someone who is crazy, or whacky, or weird, maybe someone a few beers short of a sixpack. If someone has "Fat takkies" they have a souped up car with wide-brim tyres. Wedge (Panic attack, fit of rage, nervous breakdown) "Peter threw a wobbly after someone drove a Nissan Sani over his new 7'8" custom surfboard. “There are people who are pan,” says 17-year-old club president Grace Mason, meaning pansexual. Meaning of bodied. Pavement Mert to choke the (also one’s) chicken: (of a male) to masturbate.” chop, v.6, Additions: “transitive. When a hottie (good surfer) slices up a wave, he uses his surfboard as a carving knife. "Hey bru, check this bankie I scored from my mert!" Someone with plenty of space between the ears for the brain to rattle around in. Rip Delicious. (Woman) "Check that cherrie China." "I'm skeeming we just pull another neck" (I think we should smoke another pipe) From “scheme”. Folks Also ahoy, aweh, yooit, hoesit, yo. Often used along with kak, i. e. "That's kak bot" ___ Huh? The hangover from hell, fondly called a "Barbie". Si ce que tu fais est une bonne chose ou non, je ne sais pas. Rage Tearing Derived perhaps from the English way of saying "Is it really?" Poepol ('Poo-pawl') Eish ('Aysh') Shark biscuit (Hey mate, take a look at this plastic packet of marijuana that I just bought from my dealer." Farmstyle sausage or "wors". The town is similar to Torquay in Australia, also home to big name surf brands, and near a world-class wave. This time derived from the Afrikaans word stuk, which means "piece". Cars can be lekker. (Cheeky) A stroppy person is difficult, cheeky and likely to back chat. Another term for high-performance surfing. In Oz, there are a number of interesting variations, such as Esky Lid (Cool box lid) and toilet lid. From Aggro-Aussie, when Aussie surfers were the most aggressive. to pump) Bonk, have sex. See more. Bankies, kaartjies, stoppe are just a few of the standard packaging categories in the marijuana sub-culture of South Africa. (puke, blow chunks, bark the dog, park the tiger), That time Like Paddy in Ireland, Van der Merwe is the butt of South African jokes. (School is too much like hard work. earthy — an odor or flavor reminiscent of damp soil. ), Las ('Lus') The adjective is naffy, as in "Cecil is such a naffy name. (Part of a wave, part of a joint) When you hit a section called Impossibles at Jay Bay, you get pitted in an awesome barrel from which you will be lucky to emerge. (To arrive) The more old fashioned way of saying "pull in". Bunny Chow Padkos is usually a few sarmies (sandwiches), some cooldrinks, chips, fruit and maybe a lekker stukkie biltong. (Afrikaans - to cry) "Yissis chick, quit chunking over that gebe. (Afrikaans – “buck”) To be keen. You seem them huddled in corners at night, wrapped in a blanket, wrapped around a bottle of booze. Definition of bodied in the Definitions.net dictionary. Alternatively, your lover might be called a 'skrik', but that's not so lekker. And who says "Afrikanerisms" have anything to do with "fanakalo"?.