eish
/eɪʃ
/exclamation South African informal
Used to express surprise, annoyance, pain, etc. eish, I never winǃ woke up with cramp, eish...
- About to do my tax, finally. What a thing to do on a Sunday night. Eish
- Eish! The way I took a long nap this afternoon, I'm going to struggle to sleep later!
- Some are saying that I am stereotyping them about stereotyping me; eish!
Origin
1990s: from Tsotsitaal, a township patois.
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