boykie; boytjie noun a boy, a youth; used as an admiring form of address to a man SOUTHAFRICA,1974 An Anglo-Afrikaans diminutive of “boy”.
To cries of “dit’s my boytjie” (that’s my man) he [Nelson Mandela] said the people of the province had proven the National Party Wrong. — ANCDailyNewsBriefing, 27 May 1995
When a man’s [rugby] team members are impressed, you will hear “what a boykie!” — SurfrikanSlang, 2003