Definitions

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  • adjective bad-tempered
  • adjective aggressive
  • adjective slang cool (excellent)

Etymologies

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From Afrikaans.

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Examples

  • Antwoord, which filled in a few of the cultural blanks for me: kwaai ouens!

    Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

  • I'm going to paste pretty much verbatim what my SA mate sent to me talking about Die Antwoord, which filled in a few of the cultural blanks for me: kwaai ouens!

    Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

  • To be coloured is to always let the dogmatic, pretentious white ou hog the limelight and let him think he’s kwaai ….

    I’m a Bruin-ou columnist « Digital immigrant 2009

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