soutpiel

Afrikaans

Etymology

sout (“salt”) +‎ piel (“dick”). Military slang originally only applied to men of British origin, referring to figuratively having one foot in South Africa and another in Great Britain so as to have genitals dangling in the Atlantic Ocean. Like rooinek, the term carried an implied tone of mistrust and divided loyalty among British South Africans.

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Noun

soutpiel (plural soutpiele)

  1. (vulgar, army slang) A South African of British, especially English, ancestry.

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