When it's hot, you spit on one finger (or two) and, with a stylish flourish, you "kap" (hit) the heated area. It might be in 10 minutes, 10 hours or never. Swazi Reds Shift (Full of energy) Usually induced by adrenaline, feeling wired or high on fear, either before paddling into a huge ocean, or the sheer stoke of being alive afterwards. (Tease, joke, make fun of, flirt with) Charf also means "spadework", or the attempt to "score" with a member of the opposite sex. It's another way of describing good surf. Another potent cannabis vintage, from Swaziland. Apart from it’s other meanings (to give someone a smack), it is widely used to denote a take on a joint. (Izzit?) (Me and my girlfriend bought a half-bottle of Klipdrift brandy and drank it on the hill.). Arvie (My friend showed me your website and I had a good laugh at all the crap you're going on about. "I smaak Sam stukkend." A spurt of adrenal thrill. (Sleep) "I dossed on the beach until a cop chucked me in the chookie for trespassing.". When you get caught. Poes (To tell, to talk, to provoke) For instance, "Don’t tune me grief" (Don’t give me your bullshit) or "Are you tuning me kak?" If you have just heard that a South African won the world surfing champs, you would say, "Nooit! (Kebab) Made from either chicken, lamb or beef, this is often interspersed with pieces of tomato, green pepper, onion and sometimes fruit, especially apricot. Slap is Afrikaans for limp. Snoep Spaniards didn't emigrate to Africa like Portuguese people did. (Taken out, get into trouble, die, fail) "Bru, if you look at my old lady like that again, you're going to come short." Strue's Bob Try and refrain from saying, "It's fine, thanks". (Aggressive action) "I gave him what for." eg. Can be used almost affectionately when talking about a roguish friend. (Marijuana) South Africa is a rich in marijuana. (Sandwich) Kids sometimes take a sarmie to school in the morning. Derived perhaps from the English way of saying "Is it really?" A kook is not necessarily a grommet, although a grommet can be a kook. Braai (as in “High”) Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). (What do you think?) Booze, drink (Afrikaans) "One dop too many" (One drink too many). Stukkend ('Stuk-int') Test your knowledge - and maybe learn something along the way. You get served the curry in the bread, with a square chunk taken from the inside, which you can use to dunk in the curry. Ideal for toddlers, little children and Vaalies. Alternatively, your lover might be called a 'skrik', but that's not so lekker. In Oz, there are a number of interesting variations, such as Esky Lid (Cool box lid) and toilet lid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.145.130.252 (talk) 17:37, 23 June 2010 (UTC). Mostly called "slops", they are what Australians call thongs, or sandals. Most likely a term coined from the snack cake "Twinkie"; a pretty, yellow cake with a thick cream filling, and most importantly, nearly phallic in … If you take off on the wedgey part, you get loads of speed and can hit the lip with lots of force, getting lots of air. The town is similar to Torquay in Australia, also home to big name surf brands, and near a world-class wave. Durban Poison (We're about to go surfing. slang (now rare or disused). Si ce que tu fais est une bonne chose ou non, je ne sais pas. "This chow is kief ek sê." This is merely a more emphatic but long-winded version of "No, fine". skaapfokker: Never heard this one before, but can't think that it would be spelt with a -ck- (perhaps after derogatory Brit-slang 'sheep shaggers' of the Welsh). Because it blows for up to a week or more at a time, often at gale-force strength, the wind blows all the pollution away. (Excessive vomiting) "After dopping (drinking) three bottles of Tassies (cheap wine brand), Tommie chundered all over my cabbie (car). (We got a better quality thing). ", Got off with "John, you biscuit! This does not come from the isiZulu word for nephew. Variations include brah, bru, broer, bror, bro, bra, brra and brah. (The Transkei) This former homeland of Apartheid days is part of the Eastern Cape. “flat land”) The sticks. Tune grief The rave is similar to a Rage, but tends to be a little less intense. Pipe Ghanaian English and Nigerian English. (Afrikaans - Poison, cool) Not a computer image. The reason why standup surfers don’t like them much is because goatboats paddle faster. (puke, blow chunks, bark the dog, park the tiger), That time “There are people who are pan,” says 17-year-old club president Grace Mason, meaning pansexual. To have a rage is to go on a serious party, to push the limits of social etiquette and subject the body to a variety of excessive stimulants and stimuli. Van Der Merwe (Afrikaans – lit. Marc.viljoen (talk) 11:09, 17 January 2009 (UTC), Deleted -- *bot - boring or lame. This might explain this word, which means "to eat" as in "Let’s go and graze" or "What are you grazing?" ", Hey Majat "Let's do dis ting" can mean "Let's go surfing," but specific to dagga culture. You don’t really want to smoke them if you can help it, but if you have to ... Skollie ('Skaw-llie') (Parents) "My folks won't let me go to the jorl. Idiot, twit, "poop hole") Enough said. Gesuip ('G*esayp') Sif ('Suf') Skelm ('Skellum') It is starchy and is often eaten with haricot or red beans, dunked in gravy stew. (Stoned) "That spliff made me so goofed. Moose A prime choice for connoisseurs. It denotes the best extreme achieved in a number of activities, people and objects. "doos" is not acceptable in standard language and hence is slang. Their speciality might be Springbok, Blesbok or Eland. What kind? The waves were smoking. It is one of three types of body descriptors, with light- and medium-bodied as the other two options. I would assume that the same holds for Afrikaans. Eaten mostly in the townships, it is often found at braais. Having richness and intensity of flavor or aroma: a full-bodied … (A-1, affirmation, everything is cool) Popular, trendy word among young blacks, who also say "Sharpshoot" as a way of affirming something cool that's been said. When you hak someone, you pester them. Hak ('Huk') Skitsels are the stalks, pips and bits of leaves. ), The moer in (roll the r) You will also say, "shot" when your bru (mate) buys you a brew (beer). (Smoking that bottleneck pipe made me very stoned), On a mission "Chips oke, that malpit's going right through a red robot!". Sharp ", Hang the brown bear in the porcelain cave PotatoTheThird (talk) 17:22, 11 September 2011 (UTC), The Dutch word Bakvis and German word Backfisch for teenager originally mean a fish that is too small to be kept so it is thrown back into the water. ), Klap ('Klup') Loskop 1. or "Why are you dressed so larney?" (Flatten, punch) "I decked him after he dropped in on my wave. "I will moer you if you take off on my wave.". What a good surfer does when riding a wave. Afrikaans – from original “bul tong” – bull’s tongue. (Afrikaans.) Shredding (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. (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. To swallow, to have a drink. (To arrive) The more old fashioned way of saying "pull in". (Pimple, or a feeble person) "Don't be such a dork Dick!" You know, with thick sandstone walls and a verandah around them where the floor is polished red with Cobra floor polish. A South African way of saying it would be to "Drop your rods and flash your ring". Affectionate nickname for East London, which is near some excellent surf, namely Nahoon Reef, Yellowsands and Queensberry Bay, to name only a few. Lank younger surfers use this old mariner's greeting. (Mosquito) "That mozzie is powered by a lawnmower engine.". It is made from the Aspalathus linearis bush. (Mate, if you look at my mum like that again, I might have to take you out), Connection, conneko, kanoni Your comments please. (To court a member of the opposite sex) The verb is used in a number of ways, such as "Sheila was spading Bruce big time" or "Bruce spaded Sheila all night but didn't score." "You doffie." (Aggravation) Usually used in this context: "Don't tune me grief." "Hey bru, check this bankie I scored from my mert!" The crude, but popular, description of the carnal act. When the wave breaks at the same time all the way down. See Crush it for a detailed explanation. Also refers to rip currents in the sea. (Afrikaans – lit. Good biltong is manna to your average boer, or other full-bodied "Surfrikans". Completely stoned. Twak There is nothing better than a deep, distant groundswell textured into glassy perfection by a light bergwind. In those days, you bought "lids" and "cans" not grams or bankies like you do today. (Afrikaans – lit. Wobbly Did you just baff?" (Cocaine) "Let's score some schnarf." Waves that break right on the beach. Fade He's not worth losing your teeth over.' 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