chommie n.
(S.Afr.) a friend, a pal, a mate; also as a form of address.
[ | ![]() | Juwele onder die stof 81: Jy en jou chommie]. |
![]() | Sponono I i: What about you chommies out there in Victoriatown? | |
![]() | Crime in S. Afr. 105: When he is ‘hotting it up’ with his ‘chommies’, or ‘chovers’, it means he is going on the spree with his pals. | |
![]() | Theatre Two (1981) 40: My broer’s chommie’s got one. | Ducktails in Gray|
![]() | Sat. Night at the Palace (1985) 19: All my chommies went. | |
![]() | Born in the RSA (1997) 44: You see this chommy he promised me and he kept his word. | ‘Outers’|
![]() | CyberBraai Lex. at www.matriots.com 🌐 If you use your new neighbor’s words, it won’t be long before you are chommies. | |
![]() | Herald Online (S. Afr.) 10 Sept. 🌐 For those not versed with South Africanisms, the dictionary will help to clear things up. Like this unfathomable sentence: ‘I was in the dwang after the kêrels bust me and a chommie with insangu.’ Translated it means: ‘I was in trouble after the police bust a friend and me with cannabis.’. | |
![]() | Acid Alex 66: John invited me to [...] spend a weekend at his parents’ pozzie, where I met his two closest chommies. | |
![]() | Cape Argus Weekend 12 Mar. 7/2: I hit the children with bricks and the other chommie, Zane, threw them in the bushes. | |
![]() | Sowetan (Johannesburg) 24 June 🌐 Chomee, have you heard about the findings of the latest research. |