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patha patha, n. S. Afr.|ˌpatəˈpaːtə|
Also pata pata, phata phata.
[ad. Xhosa, Zulu phatha phatha, lit. ‘touch-touch’, f. phatha, imp. of ukuphatha to touch, feel.]
a. A type of sensuous Black dance, esp. popular in the townships in the 1960s and 1970s; the music for this.
1961New Statesman 3 Mar. 358/3 King Kong's..own property..the Patha Patha (touch-touch) dancing. 1968Drum (Johannesburg) Sept. 5 Performances of pata pata, voodoo and the syncopated clock mambo. 1969Post (S. Afr., Cape ed.) 15 June, Mbaqanga..came soon after patha-patha (touch-touch) a dance tempo popularised by..Miriam Makeba. 1976Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 4 Apr. (T.V. Times) 5 London's newest disco craze, brought straight from South Africa... They call it the phata phata. 1976Time 28 June 21 Soweto families prefer to visit..a shebeen..for stronger drinks and the sensuous local music called pathapatha. 1988New Nation 14–20 Jan. 9 Where are..the young mingled with the old doing the cassanova, pata-pata or even a bit of fly jazz..?
b. transf. Sexual intercourse. slang.
1977P. C. Venter Soweto 127 Phata-phata, sex. 1979A. P. Brink Dry White Season 84 ‘Others looking for phata-phata’—illustrated by pushing his thumb through two fingers in the immemorial sign. |