Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. stupid.

1970		informant in DSAE (1996).
1977		C. Hope Ducktails in Gray Theatre Two (1981) 49: You know why, Howellsie? ’Cause they got dik guys like you who don’t know no better working their guts out for ’em.
1991		S. Pam in Fair Lady 6 Nov. 88: Let’s burn the three D’s – the dom, dik and difficult, and every flat-footed son of a footballer! [DSAE].

2. sated, full; thus dik of, tired of.

1970		informant in DSAE (1996).
1977		G. Butler Karoo Morning 42: She offered me a slice of cake. I shook my head and declined: ‘Uh-uh. Dik.’.
1980		Weekend Post 13 Sept. 2: Fat ‘tannies’ who ate themselves ‘dik’ [DSAE].
1986		L.A. Barnes Eng. Usage in Southern Africa XVII:2 2: I’m dik of your praatjies ‘I’m tired of your nonsense.’ [DSAE].
1991		informant in DSAE (1996).
1998		K.A. Perkins Black S. Afr. Women: An Anthol. of Plays 19: Oh and let’s not forget madam Cookie herself. The party’s at her house this year, and I’m dik of hearing her stories.

3. fat.

1970		informant in DSAE (1996).
1982		D. Kramer Short Back and Sides 11: The bridesmaids wear turquoise and lemon yellow, [...] and he is confronted by some dik tannie who says: ‘Ag Boetie, wil jy nie kom dans nie?’ .
1994		Sun. Times (Jo’burg) 23 Jan. 28: [advert] Watching rugby without a dik stick of biltong and a Joe Rogers knife in front of you would be like playing rugby without a ball [DSAE].