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bosbefok

bosbefok adjective: shell-shocked.

Adjective

bosbefok (comparative more bosbefok, superlative most bosbefok)

  1. (South Africa, slang) shell-shocked
    • He had seen many people die in accidental shootings or, as happened on border duty, someone went bosbefok and let loose with a machine-gun, screaming at an imaginary enemy.2000, Mandla Langa, The memory of stones, page 189
    • And us six months in the army already and a few gone prematurely bosbefok - and man, they had just given us those LMG's.2002, University of Cape Town. Centre for Creative Writing, New Contrast, volume 30, page 110

Forms of bosbefok

comparativemore bosbefok
superlativemost bosbefok

Origin of bosbefok

From Afrikaans; literally "bush-fucked".

Questions about bosbefok

What does bosbefok mean?
Bosbefok means shell-shocked.
What part of speech is bosbefok?
Bosbefok is an adjective.

Words near bosbefok in the dictionary

  1. Bosarge
  2. Bosarges
  3. bosas
  4. Bosaso
  5. bosatinib
  6. bosbefok
  7. bosberaad
  8. bosberaads
  9. bosbok
  10. bosboks
  11. Bosbury

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