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kwaai
adjective- bad, bad-tempered, aggressive SOUTH AFRICA, 1955
From Afrikaans kwaad (bad, evil). - — Athol Fugard, Boesman and Lena, 1978
- As high as that river’s breakage quotient is, it doesn’t even come close to that of the River Kwai. Not the one of the movie, mind you, but this one just as kwaai. — Sunday Times (South Africa), 19 February 2002
- used as an expression of approval; great, excellent, cool SOUTH AFRICA, 1974
A reversal of the existing sense on the good-equals-bad formula. - — Penny Silva, A Dictionary of South African English, 1996
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