sharp-sharp en · INTJ
Etymology
From Tsotsitaal.
Meanings
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(South-Africa, colloquial) A greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.
A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy. "Sharp-sharp, my bru," he answered.
2014, Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (translation of Karin Brynard's Plaasmoord), Weeping Waters, page 636:
- (South-Africa, colloquial) Fine, all right.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shup | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shap-shap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shap | alternative | lexicographic | |
| shup-shup | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sharp | alternative | lexicographic |