Meanings
plural outjies · alternative oukie
- South AfricaA boy; a guy.
Some outjies slept until the sun was high, then went home.
2005, Graham K. Jooste, Rugby Stories from the Platteland, page 1462 more examples
I tell you my outjie, out there even the pigeons are anti-apartheid.
2003, Antony Sher, I.D., act 1, scene 10, page 38She thinks I′m crazy, he thought. She wouldn′t marry me if I were the last outjie available. She wants a whiter bloke, with more money, and whose ears don't stick out so much.
2012, Ashraf Kagee, Khalil′s Journey, page 111
Origin
- Afrikaansoutjie
- Englishoutjie
From Afrikaans outjie.
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