sharp-sharp

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tsotsitaal.

Interjection

sharp-sharp (South Africa, colloquial)

  1. A greeting: hello; hi; goodbye.
    • 2014, Maya Fowler & Isobel Dixon (translation of Karin Brynard's Plaasmoord), Weeping Waters, page 636:
      A cellphone rang and he scrabbled for it with clumsy fingers, his eyes already a bit glassy. "Sharp-sharp, my bru," he answered.
  2. Fine, all right.

References

  1. ^ Sharp sharp : beyond slang to social cohesion among youth
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