‖kyk weer, noun phrase
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, kyk look + weer again.
a. A replay of a television sequence, usually in slow motion. b. A reappraisal.
1983 K. Shippey in Style May–June 19Those ‘kyk weers’ on television lost their enchantment; we’d seen Transvaal and Western Province so often on the screen that it was a bit like watching an old movie.
1989 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Oh Ailsa, you’ll have to have a kykweer.
A replay of a television sequence, usually in slow motion.
A reappraisal.
- Derivatives:
- Hence kyk weer intransitive verbal phrase, to look again.1984 J. Allan in Sunday Times 23 Sept. 26Andy will cause you to ‘Kyk Weer’ and coo with delight at his Renaissance revisited.
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