Bosbefok

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    shell-shocked South-Africa, slang

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From Afrikaans; literally "bush-fucked".

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shell shocked

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