voetsek

(ˈfʊtsɑk; ˈvʊt-) or

voetsak

;

voertsek

(ˈfʊrtsɑk; ˈvʊrt-) or

voertsak

interj

offensive informal South African an expression of dismissal or rejection

[C19: Afrikaans, from Dutch voort se ek forward, I say, commonly applied to animals]

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