momparan.

Brit.

/mɒmˈpɑːrə/, U.S.

/ˌmɑmˈpɑrə/,

/ˌmɑmˈpɛrə/, South African English

/mɒmˈpɑːrə/,

/mʌmˈpɑːrə/

Forms: 1800s– mompara, 1900s– mampara, 1900s– mamparra, 1900s– mangpara, 1900s– mompaara, 1900s– momparra.

Origin: A borrowing from Fanakalo. Etymon: Fanakalo mompara.

Etymology: < Fanakalo mompara a fool, waste material, of uncertain origin.Perhaps a prefixed formation < Afrikaans baar uncouth, rough, uncivilized, stupid, untrained (see bare adj.). See further Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) at cited word.

South African.

1. derogatory. In the mining industry: a raw recruit, esp. from a rural, tribal background. Also more generally: an unsophisticated person unaccustomed to Western ways.

ΚΠ

1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 29 Except for the ordinary Kafir mouchi, he wore no clothing, and I could see that he was a mompara.

1914 Farmer's Ann. (S. Afr.) 130 The shepherd must be, not the recently engaged ‘mompara’ whose only language is unintelligible..but the most intelligent native available.

1934 G. G. Munnik Mem. of Senator 187 Faithful natives who went in and out of Pretoria and acted the part of momparas dressed in kraal attire and with letters stitched in between the soles of their rough sandals.

1964 G. Gordon Four People 130 You can get clothes and there are nice shops, you can be a gentleman, not just a mampara like in the country.

1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 7 The team I was working with were raw and had never been in a factory before. They were farm people... I was shouting at them: ‘Ai lapa, you bloody mompara, sit hom daarso.’

2. colloquial. In extended use: an incompetent person; a fool. Also used affectionately, and as a form of address.

ΚΠ

1953 U. Krige Dream & Desert 119 It makes me sick..when I think of those smug mamparas sitting there in Parliament six thousand miles away from the nearest bullet, making a decision like that!

1968 K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 96 She promptly..began howling. I told her not to be such a ‘mompaara’.

1989 J. Hobbs Thoughts in Makeshift Mortuary 300 ‘You and I are quite alike, considering.’ ‘Considering our different degrees of tan?’ ‘No, mompara! Our different backgrounds.’

1997 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Mar. t14 In Britain, South Africans learn that people here don't ‘hold thumbs’ for luck, they ‘cross fingers’, and they call a fool a fool, not a mompara.

2001 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 4 Nov. Mampara of the Week... The dizzying politics in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party (MHTP—formerly the Democratic Alliance) produced a swathe of contenders for the title of Mampara this week.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mompara
释义	momparan. Brit. /mɒmˈpɑːrə/, U.S. /ˌmɑmˈpɑrə/, /ˌmɑmˈpɛrə/, South African English /mɒmˈpɑːrə/, /mʌmˈpɑːrə/ Forms: 1800s– mompara, 1900s– mampara, 1900s– mamparra, 1900s– mangpara, 1900s– mompaara, 1900s– momparra. Origin: A borrowing from Fanakalo. Etymon: Fanakalo mompara. Etymology: < Fanakalo mompara a fool, waste material, of uncertain origin.Perhaps a prefixed formation < Afrikaans baar uncouth, rough, uncivilized, stupid, untrained (see bare adj.). See further Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Historical Princ. (1996) at cited word. South African. 1. derogatory. In the mining industry: a raw recruit, esp. from a rural, tribal background. Also more generally: an unsophisticated person unaccustomed to Western ways. ΚΠ 1899 G. H. Russell Under Sjambok 29 Except for the ordinary Kafir mouchi, he wore no clothing, and I could see that he was a mompara. 1914 Farmer's Ann. (S. Afr.) 130 The shepherd must be, not the recently engaged ‘mompara’ whose only language is unintelligible..but the most intelligent native available. 1934 G. G. Munnik Mem. of Senator 187 Faithful natives who went in and out of Pretoria and acted the part of momparas dressed in kraal attire and with letters stitched in between the soles of their rough sandals. 1964 G. Gordon Four People 130 You can get clothes and there are nice shops, you can be a gentleman, not just a mampara like in the country. 1990 P. Cullinan in M. Leveson Firetalk 7 The team I was working with were raw and had never been in a factory before. They were farm people... I was shouting at them: ‘Ai lapa, you bloody mompara, sit hom daarso.’ 2. colloquial. In extended use: an incompetent person; a fool. Also used affectionately, and as a form of address. ΚΠ 1953 U. Krige Dream & Desert 119 It makes me sick..when I think of those smug mamparas sitting there in Parliament six thousand miles away from the nearest bullet, making a decision like that! 1968 K. McMagh Dinner of Herbs 96 She promptly..began howling. I told her not to be such a ‘mompaara’. 1989 J. Hobbs Thoughts in Makeshift Mortuary 300 ‘You and I are quite alike, considering.’ ‘Considering our different degrees of tan?’ ‘No, mompara! Our different backgrounds.’ 1997 Guardian (Nexis) 6 Mar. t14 In Britain, South Africans learn that people here don't ‘hold thumbs’ for luck, they ‘cross fingers’, and they call a fool a fool, not a mompara. 2001 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 4 Nov. Mampara of the Week... The dizzying politics in the Mad Hatter's Tea Party (MHTP—formerly the Democratic Alliance) produced a swathe of contenders for the title of Mampara this week. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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