jaap, n. — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

jaap n.

also jaapie, japie, jarpie

[Afk. jaap, f. proper name Jacob, a typical ‘country’ name. DSAE claims that ‘no examples of the word in use by non-South Africans have been found’, but cf. yarpie n., common in Aus., albeit transliterated]

(S.Afr.)

1. an Afrikaner; also attrib.

1963		letter in Branford DSAE 11 Sept. n.p.: As the Springboks pulled ahead [...] some drunken white jaaps started jeering.
1988		S. Gordon Under the Harrow 129: We referred to them (the Afrikaners) as jaapies and sit as far away as possible from them.
2003		Bug (Aus.) Aug. 🌐 I mean, in this Jarpie team is probably someone whose father was throwing this black manager’s father from the 13th floor window of police headquarters.

2. a peasant, a rustic, an unsophisticated person.

1983, 1987

informants in DSAE (1996).