moppien.
/ˈmɒpi/, U.S. /ˈmɑpi/, South African English /ˈmɒpi/ South African.
A street song of the Cape Malay and Cape coloured people, usually of a teasing nature.
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1949 Cape Times 10 Jan. 2/6 He hoped that the Cape ‘moppies’ or comic songs and the liedjies would become a regular feature of future carnivals.
1953 I. D. Du Plessis & C. A. Lückhoff Malay Quarter iii. 48 Moppies are little songs (often of doubtful content) sung in order to challenge, deride, or irritate the listener, or merely as foolery. When singing a moppie, the singer often includes a person's name, and if the person referred to cannot respond in similar vein, he is laughed at by all present.
1974 S. Afr. Panorama June 20 The ‘moppie’ is a comical song. The soloist uses gestures of the hands and other movements to illustrate it as he goes.
1988 South (Cape Town) 21 July 6 Basil's at the Nico [Malau theatre] putting the Swan Lake Ballet to moppie music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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