单词 | skinder |
释义 | skindern. South African colloquial. Gossip; tittle-tattle. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip jowl?c1225 trattle1513 tittle-tattle1570 tattle1583 clatter1596 street web1614 town talk1642 street-threada1661 clash1685 fetch-fire1784 street yarn1800 gossip1811 village gossip1847 Russian scandal1861 chopsing1879 cooze1880 reportage1881 skeet1900 scuttlebutt gossip1901 pussy-talk1937 mauvais languec1945 comess1970 he-say-she-say1972 gyaff1975 skinder1979 goss1985 gist1990 1979 Darling 83 I think skinner is the nearest thing we've got to truth. Ooh, yes, and I love eavesdropping. 1981 Pretoria News 26 Nov. 2 The portals of..health and beauty hydro, where ‘there's no dinner and lots of skinder.’ 2007 Star (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 31 May 6 Once a month Kabelo and I find the time to enjoy lunch together and catch up on all the skinder in the music industry. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). skinderv. South African colloquial. intransitive. To gossip. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip talea1225 talk1461 twittle1551 tattle1581 clasha1689 fetch-and-carry1770 gammer1788 chit-chat1821 rumour1832 nipper1840 coffee-house1861 cooze1870 chopse1879 skinder1942 scuttlebutt1945 to talk trash1947 gyaff1976 gist1992 tongue-wag- 1942 M. G. Gilbert Let. 8 Feb. 1 in Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) I went up to her losieshuis at twelve, after I'd been at office—Had lunch, and sat sewing and skinnering till tea-time. 1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind 96 The women may discuss Lena and ‘skinder’ about her. But the men are silent. They keep their own thoughts. 1975 Scope 16 May 20 The poor fellow..would spend an uncomfortable evening in the second row..wondering what his wife and Mireille were skindering about. 2003 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 12 Later, buying rainbow-coloured popcorn..near the Sandton taxi rank, some men were skindering about me in Zulu. 2014 M. Poland Keeper iv. 37 Those old bitches in the choir will get wind of it and start skinnering. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979v.1942 |
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