tannie

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noun

An older female authority figure.

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antie
OriginAfrikaans tannie ← Dutch tante →
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Meanings

nountannie (plural tannies)

plural tannies

  1. South AfricaAn older female authority figure.

    Normal biscuit cookies like the tannies, the Afrikaans aunties, made, but liberally laced with marijuana.

    2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action, page 135
    1 more example

    I had done the same as a student at outpatients, listening to a succession of tannies with their hair in curlers[…]

    2011, Charles Kingsley, From Afrikaner to Zebra – A Vet’s Life, page 81

    Synonyms: antie

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn older female authority figure.

Similar
antie
Also see
antie

Origin

  1. Dutchtante“aunt”
  2. Afrikaanstannie“auntie”
  3. Englishtannie

From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), diminutive of tante (“aunt”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).

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Anagrams

innatenaniteanniteanitenTenani
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APA

tannie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannie

MLA

“tannie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tannie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tannie.

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