THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN DICTIONARY The New South Africa will have 11 official languages. So, without further ado, here it is: A survivors guide to New South African English. Arwa - As in "arwa dee-maands" Beck - Not front Beds - Mossies, Doves ect Ben - To set alight Cut - A Small Donkey-drawn Vehicle Doe - A hinged device for closing a hole in a wall. Feather - As in Cape Town is Feather away than Durban Errors - Districts i.e. ebbon errors Get - A hinged device in a fence Gaddin - Where you grow Kabbi-jess Hair - As opposed to him hiss - Masculine form of hairs I'm so heppi - I have just voted Itch - As in " itch and Aviary" Kah - What you Drive in Kennel - Army officer Kipper - e.g. Goal Kipper Kettle - Cows Len - To Acquire Knowledge Mick - Those who inerit the eth Pee Pull - Die Mense Phlegm - The bening tip of a Kandal Piss - Symbolized by white doves Sheep - Big Boat ship - Provider of wool So Then - Pertains to the south - eg. So Then Africa Spitch - What polititions make at a relly. Suffa Ring - As in " the pee pull ah suffa ring" Teksi - Kah for hire Tocks - Negotiations Tipic ally - Charictoristic We Men - Ladies Wepon - A Gun Weaned - An Ill one blows nobody ant good Weaner - Takes All Wekkas - Do the Wek Weds - What you find in a book Weld - The eth Debate De stuff dat catch de fish Defence De wire around de house Defeat De tings you walk on Detail De ting dat hangs on de back of de donkey Delay De woman dat sleeps around Divorce De stuff dat de boer braai Detain De place where flowers grow Define De money you pay when you break de law Deride De ting you get from delay Despise De man who peeps through de window Depart De piece of something you broke Destroy De ting with which you drink de Coca Cola Deny De ting you get from delay Defer De ting dat covers de cat Defect De honest to goodness truth Decease De word for de big stink Destinct De ting that make decease De bug De ting dat bites Delight De ting dat shines Deluxe De soap dat you wash with Defunct I tink it goes with delay and deny Depends De tings you use to cook de food Degrees De stuff you put in your car Deteriorate Something to do with interest from de bank Toy-toy Affirmative aerobics Looting Affirmative shopping Burglary Redistribution of wealth Chanting Affirmative voice choir Unrest Affirmative war games Brick Affirmative credit card Name changes: Johannesburg..............eGoli Port Elizabeth............eWindi Kimberly..................eHoli In the NSA, the word "kaffir" is taboo. It has therefore been suggested that the people concerned should be called "Jacks" (plural) and "Jack" (singular), which of course stands for 'Just Another Confused Kaffir'. In view of this, the following phrases will apply: Toy-toying person - Jumping Jack Bald black person - KoJack Township dog - Jackrussel Township - Jacksonville Run-over person - Jacksplat Very agitated black person - FlapJack Panga - Jackknife House that falls down soon after - The house that Jack build Coloured person - HalfJack Female black person - Jackess Door always left open - Jackdoor Member of Cosatu - A Union Jack Stupid black person - Jackass Affirmative action - Jacking up the place Sleeping black man - SlumberJack Very fast runner - FleetwoodJack Man sitting on top of church spire - SteepleJack Piccanin - QuarterJack or Jackson Dagga - Jackpot Person who smoked Jackpot - HiJack Shy black person - Jackall Black beauty queen - Jackie Mofokeng Black mechanic - CarJack What Mandela was for 27 years - A Jack-in-the-box Cheating black person - Jack-the-rip-off Very thin black person - Jacklean Garden boy - Jack of spades Golf caddy - Jack of clubs Black man who comes late - e-Jack-u-late Black vampire - Jackula Randy QuarterJack - Little Jack horny Jack in winter - Jackfrost Black handy-man - Jack of all trades