‖drol, noun

/drɔl/
Forms:
Also drôl.
Plurals:
drolle/ˈdrɔllə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, human or animal excrement.
slang
Excrement; usually figurative, as an abusive term of address or reference. Also in dimunitive form drolletjie [see -ie]. See also bokdrol sense 2.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 3Lena: Rubbish? Boesman: That long drol of nonsense that comes out when you open your mouth!
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 31Boesman (to the old man): You’re an expensive ou drol. Two bottles of wine! Ek sê.
1982 Rhodeo (Rhodes Univ.) 6 Apr. 11That’s been the weakness of past ‘satires’ in South Africa — they were done by English speaking people who made jokes of the Afrikaners. They put on a heavy accent and say — sis, shame, poep, drôl — and then that’s supposed to be very funny.
1990 Z. Matthews in Personality 28 May 24The Publieke Telefoon stands innocently on a square of drolletjie-infested grass surrounded by barbed-wire fencing.
Excrement; usually figurative, as an abusive term of address or reference. Also in dimunitive form drolletjie [see -ie].
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drogie, nounn.dronk, adjectiveadj.
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