derm, noun
- Forms:
- Also derem, dêrem.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans.
a. slang. Usually in pl. : Intestines, ‘guts’. Also transferred, and figurative.
[1886 G.A. Farini Through Kalahari Desert 295It is the laste derms (last gut). We did not tell you, as most white people will not eat it if they know what it is; and we did so wish you to taste it.]
1988 Femina Mar. 89Together we would crouch over the coals and watch as the thick, fat derms crisped and crackled and dripped into the embers.
‖b. With qualifying word denoting a specific part of an animal’s intestine, eaten as a delicacy:
1973 Y. Burgess Life to Live 41The family lived on ‘psalmpensies’ and ‘nersderms’, the once-despised offal of offal.
1984 P. Schwartz in Rand Daily Mail 2 Feb. (Eve) 12Liver was sometimes cut up and mixed with finely cut meat from the rest of the carcass. The chitterling (vetderm) of the animal is stuffed with this mixture and fried over the coals.
Usually in pl. :Intestines, ‘guts’. Also transferred, and figurative.
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