Whole New Words

Since I've been traveling and hanging out with such a wide variety of cosmopolitan characters the last 6 weeks, I've been learning all kinds of words that are apparently in the English language that we don't have in the United States. Many of the words are fun to say if nothing else. Below is a short dictionary for those of you who'd like to expand your vocabulary and learn something new today.

Lekker: adjective: this exciting word is used to describe something as awesome or sweet, e.g. 'This weather/song/party/coffee is lekker, bru.' This is a word mostly used by South Africans.

Bru: proper noun: this word replaces the American words of bro or dude, e.g. 'Hey Bru, can you pass me the salt?'

Faff: verb: to muck around or waste time, e.g. 'Women are always faffing around in the bathroom doing who knows what.'

Potter: verb: synonymous with faff: 'I've just been pottering around the house all morning.'

Ming: adjective: to be disgusting, e.g. 'That towel is minging. That towel mings.'

Slapper: noun: a woman of loose morals or values, i.e. a floozy or skank, e.g. 'Look at that group of slappers that just walked in.'

Hoot: verb: to honk your car horn, e.g. 'The guy behind me is hooting at me.'