Ou-cabulary – Lesson 6

TIEKIELINE – (noun) [origin Eldo’s ext 1 – Agaat Str.]
– pronounced “tea-key-line”
Definition: Hoodrat, synonymous with “pavement special” – someone who indirectly solicits her body for other favours; small-time, not major or significant, especially in reference to money.
e.g. – “Eish daai ding wat daar bly is ‘n tiekieline”

MOL (noun) [origin – Geluksdal]
– pronounced “môl”
Definition: Girlfriend – although in other parts of Gauteng the word “meddie” is used.
e.g. “wat maak jy die weekend bra?”
“Haai, ek en my mol blom by die huis”

GWAAI (noun) [origin – state penitentiary]
– pronounced gwaai
Definition: A cigarette. in other parts of South Africa, like Cape Town, it is also referred to as an “entjie”
e.g. “Chee gwaai daa’ “
“haish, ek hettie”

PIEMPER (pronoun) [origin – Eldorado Park]
– pronounced peem-per
Definition: A snitch. Someone who rats on another to bring favour upon him/herself.
e.g. “ek gaan daai laitie meor, hy’s ‘n piemper”
“Dy meen my broe, het hy jou gepiemp met daai move daar by kamp dertien?”

WAT-WAT (adverb) [origin – Eldorado Park)
-pronounced wat-wat (soft “t”)
Definition: A number if unspecified things of the same class; and so forth.
e.g. “Ek like bho rap, hip-hop, wat-wat…daai mwyoo van die majaivans”