mon., 12 jan., 2015: afrikaans gangsta, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

AFRIKAANS:   So’n Tsotsi  ‡‡

   ‡ )  “What a Tsotsi...”  /  “What a gang-banger...”  /  “What a thug...” / “What a  [splendid]  Tsotsi...”  /  “What a  [splendid]  gang-banger...”  /  “What a [splendid]  thug...”  NOTE:     Taken from the main character & title of South African movie based on an Athol Fugard novel;  Tsotsi  =  gangsta,  thug,  gang-banger,  criminal;  splendid...   If used by a white,  this is usually pejorative,  & if used by a black there is as often as not a grudging admiration.

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