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- noun South Africa An older
female authority figure .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We children respectfully addressed them as 'oom' and 'tannie'."
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Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!
News24 Top Stories 2010
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Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!
News24 Top Stories 2010
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From the bergie heaving a trolley load of old metal to the nearest scrap dealer, to the tannie directing an antique from the back of a bakkie into her shop.
...seeking serenity 2010
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i love it how cancervaturds cheer the fact 43 went to yale and havard, angry tannie annie coulter went to columbia, bill-do the dildo went to harvard yet they consistently bash ive league schools. what a bunch of fcuking tools.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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