zefadj.n.

Brit.

/zɛf/, U.S.

/zɛf/, South African English

/zef/

Forms: 1900s– zeph, 2000s– zef, 2000s– zeff.

Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans zef.

Etymology: < Afrikaans zef (a1982 or earlier as noun, 1984 or earlier as adjective), respelling of zeph- (in Ford Zephyr, the name of a car popular with white working-class South Africans).Compare the following quot., which suggests currency of the Afrikaans noun in the 1950s (the Ford Zephyr was first produced in 1950):1982 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 14 Oct. 5 A fool, country bumpkin or yokel had a variety of titles in ‘isicamtho’ too: vossie, mogo, skappie, barrie, zeff, battersby, mommish zow or zao.On Isicamtho see Isicamtho n.

Originally and chiefly South African slang.

Originally (depreciative): typical of, or associated with, working-class white (esp. Afrikaans-speaking) people of relatively low social status; common; trashy. Now frequently: designating a style of music, dress, or youth culture ironically, knowingly, or ostentatiously appropriating aspects of this. Also as n.: this music or the dress and lifestyle associated with it.

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1990 Style (S. Afr.) July 81 Now I'm writing English with an Afrikaans name. I chose Koos Kombuis because I wanted a name that was as zeph as possible; something academics and purists would never accept.

2010 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. Afrikaans rap-tinged Euro-dance has a name, and its name is Zef.

2010 Argus Weekend (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 14 Mar. 8 If you are holding a glass of brandy and coke, you are probably zef. If you have mounted a spoiler on your 1989 Mazda, you are very zef indeed.

2014 Cape Times in www.iol.co.za (S. Afr.) 26 May (online newspaper, accessed 18 Dec. 2014) Zef..refers to the lower-middle class counterculture of South Africa... ‘Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style.’

2016 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 31 Mar. 24 Die Antwoord blends three languages into its music (English, Afrikaans and Xhosa) and promotes the ‘zef’ culture of being stylish and sexy in spite of monetary and social status in its music.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	zef
释义	zefadj.n. Brit. /zɛf/, U.S. /zɛf/, South African English /zef/ Forms: 1900s– zeph, 2000s– zef, 2000s– zeff. Origin: A borrowing from Afrikaans. Etymon: Afrikaans zef. Etymology: < Afrikaans zef (a1982 or earlier as noun, 1984 or earlier as adjective), respelling of zeph- (in Ford Zephyr, the name of a car popular with white working-class South Africans).Compare the following quot., which suggests currency of the Afrikaans noun in the 1950s (the Ford Zephyr was first produced in 1950):1982 Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) 14 Oct. 5 A fool, country bumpkin or yokel had a variety of titles in ‘isicamtho’ too: vossie, mogo, skappie, barrie, zeff, battersby, mommish zow or zao.On Isicamtho see Isicamtho n. Originally and chiefly South African slang. Originally (depreciative): typical of, or associated with, working-class white (esp. Afrikaans-speaking) people of relatively low social status; common; trashy. Now frequently: designating a style of music, dress, or youth culture ironically, knowingly, or ostentatiously appropriating aspects of this. Also as n.: this music or the dress and lifestyle associated with it. ΚΠ 1990 Style (S. Afr.) July 81 Now I'm writing English with an Afrikaans name. I chose Koos Kombuis because I wanted a name that was as zeph as possible; something academics and purists would never accept. 2010 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 5 Feb. Afrikaans rap-tinged Euro-dance has a name, and its name is Zef. 2010 Argus Weekend (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 14 Mar. 8 If you are holding a glass of brandy and coke, you are probably zef. If you have mounted a spoiler on your 1989 Mazda, you are very zef indeed. 2014 Cape Times in www.iol.co.za (S. Afr.) 26 May (online newspaper, accessed 18 Dec. 2014) Zef..refers to the lower-middle class counterculture of South Africa... ‘Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style.’ 2016 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 31 Mar. 24 Die Antwoord blends three languages into its music (English, Afrikaans and Xhosa) and promotes the ‘zef’ culture of being stylish and sexy in spite of monetary and social status in its music. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1990
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