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rooinek

rooinek

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A person from Britain or a white South African with British family, often used as an insult
  • noun
  • Slur
: [término despectivo para británico]
  • Maria Marais with a rooinek at the Senior Dance?

Examples

  • I, Jaapie Botha, the judge and Uberfuhrer, sentence you and your Rooinek kaffir chicken to death.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • And you, too, little Rooinek.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We have the rooinek!

    The Power of One (1992)

  • When Hitler comes, we'll rise up... ...and kill the verdomde rooineks!

    The Power of One (1992)

  • In the name of Adolf Hitler and the Fatherland... ...I sentence you to die, Verdomde rooinek!

    The Power of One (1992)

  • In the name of Adolf Hitler and the fatherland, I sentence you to die, Verdomde Rooinek.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • At the party, I overheard a group laughing about the new rooinek who just moved to town.

  • He felt a bit out of place as the only rooinek at the local gathering.

  • Everyone teased the rooinek for his unfamiliarity with South African customs.

Surface Forms

rooinek singular
rooineks plural

Etymology

Rooinek comes from Afrikaans parts rooi and nek, which mean 'red' and 'neck'. It began as a name for British newcomers or people with sunburned necks and is now often used as an insulting word for British or English-speaking visitors.