skaapieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

skaapie (複数形 skaapies)

1. (South Africa, slang, derogatory) softie; weakling; pussy
   • 1983, Belinda Bozzoli, Town and countryside in the Transvaal (page 162)

     Boys from the various slum areas would form themselves into gangs of 'laaities' (those wise in the ways of the city as opposed to naive, newly arrived 'skaapies' from the countryside) and would jealously protect their areas of operation.

   • 2008, Dianne Stewart, Durban in a word: contrasts and colours in eThekwini (page 71)

     The so-called 'good guys' who obeyed society's (かつ family) rules were brushed aside as 'skaapies', not worthy of even a modicum of acceptance.