[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat & total & entire point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]
FANAKALO AFRIKAANS: Laduma! ‡
‡) “It thunders!” / “He scores!” = Ubiquitous cheer heard @ S. African football matches. [NOTE: Funakalo is a pidgin Afrikaans dialect comprised of Afrikaans, Eng., & many Native S. African langs., incl. isiZulu.; Funakalo / Fanakalo also isiZulu ref. for when non-isiZulu speakers fuck up & mangle their lang. Etym., fanakalo, Zulu, fana = same ; k = as ; lo = this.]
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