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pekkie

pekkie noun: a black person.

Noun

pekkie (plural pekkies)

  1. (South Africa, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur) A black person.
    • The war-talk recently against the media (for being too white or something) orchestrated by some black arsehole ... which lead to a standing ovation by the pecky's at the meeting is cause for concern.2000 April 9, Squirrel, “SA Silence on Mugabe's actions”, in soc.culture.south-africa (Usenet)
    • Whatever their claim against the land (which is bullshit kaffir logic) ... the whites have owned the land through due process and have every right to retain it. Why should a bunch of brain dead black peckies suddenly steal the whites land because they are too incompetent to develop land for...2000 May 22, Squirrel, “Some fairness...”, in soc.culture.south-africa.afrikaans (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    BIPOC, BME, colored, colored person, minority, nonwhite, person of color

Synonyms of pekkie

Forms of pekkie

pluralpekkies
alternative formpekky
alternative formpeckie
alternative formpecky
alternative formperkie

Origin of pekkie

Several theories exist. * From Zulu uḿpheki (“cook”). * From Afrikaans pik (“pitch (black material)”), from Dutch pik, pek (“pitch (black material)”). * From piccanin, a form of pickaninny (“black child”).

Questions about pekkie

What does pekkie mean?
Pekkie means a black person.
What part of speech is pekkie?
Pekkie is a noun.
What is the plural of pekkie?
The plural of pekkie is pekkies.

Words near pekkie in the dictionary

  1. Pekingologist
  2. Pekingologists
  3. Pekingology
  4. Pekins
  5. PEKK
  6. pekkie
  7. pekkies
  8. pekoe
  9. pekoes
  10. pekoite
  11. pekovite

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