poegaai, adjective

/ˈpʊxaɪ/
Forms:
poegaaied, poeg-eyeShow more Also poegaaied, poeg-eye, poeg-eyed.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, drunk; dog-tired, adaptation of Dutch pooien to tipple, pooier tippler, or pochai, poechai, poeha, poehaai, poha, pohaai fuss, bother (Afrikaans bohaai).
slang
1. Tipsy, drunk.
1942 M.G. Gilbert Informant, Cape Town, Western Cape 21 JuneDear child, I can just imagine how beautifully poegeye he was last night!
1946 H.C. Bosman in L. Abrahams Cask of Jerepigo (1972) 200I trust Mr Partridge will find colloquialisms like ‘lawaai-water’, ‘poegaai’ and ‘Goewerment’s hond’ useful.
1946 C.P. Wittstock in E. Partridge Dict. of Slang & Unconventional Eng.Drunk: rook-gat, poegaai.
1960 C. Hooper Brief Authority 225Hell, man,..let’s get poegaaied. Have a drink, man; drown your troubles!
1970 A.L. Russell Informant, Johannesburg, GautengPoeg-eyed.
1975 ‘Blossom’ in Darling 29 Jan. 103I had a ball that night — go-going on the table for this ring of chuckling ole dads in paper hats, most of them poegaai, all of them egging me on much better.
1991 V. Warren Informant, Alberton, GautengWe had to carry him home after the office party he was so poegaai.
1991 M.A. Karassellos Informant, Cape Town, Western CapeAfter staying up all night she went to work feeling poeg-eyed.
1994 Informant, Westminster, Free StateHe didn’t know what he was doing — he was really poegaai.
2. Exhausted.
1970 V. Jaques Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)To be poeg(aai). To be very tired.
1973 Beeton & Dorner in Eng. Usage in Sn Afr. Vol.4 No.2, 36Poegaai,..exhausted, physically weary or semi-conscious because intoxicated.
1991 M.A. Karassellos Informant, Cape Town, Western CapePoeg-eye. Tired, exhausted.
Tipsy, drunk.
Exhausted.
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