boelie

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English bully.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.li/
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Noun

boelie (plural boelies)

  1. bully
    • 2000, Philip de Vos, Die Deng van Gauteng, Human & Rousseau (1996, Cape Town), quoted by Bruce Donaldson, Colloquial Afrikaans, page 74.
      'n Stuitige man van Bethulie
      Was rêrig 'n vreeslike boelie,
      Hy kielie jou sommer
      So met sy komkommer,
      En sê dan dis nie bedoelie.
      A cheeky man from Bethulie
      Really was a terrible bully,
      Just like that he tickles you
      With his cucumber,
      And then says he didn't mean to.
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