[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: I smaak you stukkend, you skeef… ‡
‡) “I love you madly, you dodgy queer, you…”
[NOTE: While not at all insulting when used by the LGBTQ community in So. Africa, if it’s used by outsiders it may be considered condescending at best.]
[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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