skande, interjection and & noun

/ˈskandə/
Origin:
Afrikaans.
A. interjection Often in political contexts: ‘disgraceful’, an exclamation of disapproval or disgust; also used ironically. Cf. sis interjection.
1973 Argus 12 Oct. 3Amid calls of ‘sies’ and ‘skande’ he pointed out that Whites and non-Whites were forced to make use of the same changing rooms, showers and toilets.
1974 Star 30 Sept. 28The expelled men have been accused of backing their own men for Cape party posts (skande!), raising money to help their campaign and talking to a hostile political correspondent.
1979 Daily Dispatch 22 Feb. 3‘It could only have been a political murder.’ ‘What do you know about it?’ shouted one Nationalist Senator. ‘Skande,’ cried several others.
1980 Sunday Times 23 Nov. 29Some of the older traditionalists..insist that ‘ware’ (true) boeremusiek is not played with electric guitars, organs and drums. Skande!
1981 Sunday Times 23 Aug. 6Skande, if not actually sies! Permissiveness is having its way in the land.
1985 S.-Easter Aug.–Sept. 9Probably because the conservationists weren’t born yet, the house was demolished in 1935 to make way for a factory. Skande.
1988 E. Prov. Herald 13 Feb. 1Amid a chorus of interjections and cries of ‘skande’ from government benches, Mr Van Eck said the Minister of Law and Order..had ‘the blood of detainees on his hands’.
1989 E. Prov. Herald 8 Feb. 1Cries of ‘skande, skande’ from opposition benches.
1992 G. Etherington in Weekend Post 2 May (Leisure) 1I had unwittingly alienated most of the diners by the time the meal ended — thanks to cricket. This is not a game I generally follow (skande).
B. noun
1. A disgrace; a scandal.
1974 Daily Dispatch 26 Nov. 15Their lack of manners was a ‘disgrace,’ a ‘skande’ and a slur on the French hosts.
1985 Weekly Mail 18 Oct. 9The President was condemned as a traitor, and his new constitution as ‘skande’ by the several thousand supporters of the far-right Volkswag movement.
1988 Cape Times 8 Aug. 2It was an absolute ‘skande’ that black policemen took the fingerprints of white women, black hospital staff treated whites, and black children were allowed to mix with their white counterparts on sports fields, Conservative Party members said.
1990 Weekend Post 27 Oct. 1It’s the skande of Queenstown...Women have been illegally exposing their midriffs at the city swimming bath for 44 years!
2. Scandal-mongering. Also attributive.
1985 J. Thomas in Fair Lady 1 May 20Boetie, lies and skande are punishable by 20 km pole PT and leopard crawl.
1991 S. Britten in Style Nov. 108All I had to go on were the skande articles in You magazine.
‘disgraceful’, an exclamation of disapproval or disgust; also used ironically.
A disgrace; a scandal.
Scandal-mongering. Also attributive.
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skandaal, nounn.skat, skattie, nounn.
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