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English
Etymology
From Afrikaans draadsitter, from draad (“wire, fence”) + sitter (“sitter”), probably a calque of English fence sitter.
Noun
draadsitter (plural draadsitters)
- (South Africa, chiefly politics) A fence sitter.
1998 May 13, news.iop.co.za, “SARFU”, in rec.sport.rugby.union (Usenet):Silas Nkanunu - vice President under Luyt, last week was the only time he stood up to Luyt and that was when he was sure of Luyt's demise, in my opinion a bit of a 'draadsitter'
2000 December 28, Ron McGregor, “Re: Who said what?”, in soc.culture.zimbabwe (Usenet):It is now very un-PC to attribute this comment to Humpty-Dumpty, who, as we all know, was male, white and middle-aged. And the only proof that he wasn't an Afrikaans pale male is the fact that he was a wall-sitter instead of a draadsitter.
2004 February 18, Max, “Re: They forgot a few things...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet):u better decide who you´re going to join, the peckies or the boers, the englishmen will never amount to anything. draadsitter.
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