‖hierjy, noun
/ˈhirjeɪ/
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, from the exclamation hier, jy ‘here, you’, probably because this is seen as a phrase typical of uncouth people.
slang
A term of contempt for an uncouth person; a person scarcely worth mentioning. Also attributive.
[1966 Van Heyningen & Berthoud Uys Krige 140His characters use a great variety of words and images..;..such contemptuous ones as ‘twee hierjy’s’ (two here, you’s) for two nonentities.]
1993 S. Dikeni in Bua Dec. 32The occasion was not a hierjy gedoente nie, it was some important whatchacallit in the Grahamstown Festival, ek whieties jou.
A term of contempt for an uncouth person; a person scarcely worth mentioning. Also attributive.
Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari