sokkiejol, noun

/ˈsɔkiˌjɔl//ˈsɔkiˌdʒɔl/
Forms:
Also sokkiesjol.
Plurals:
sokkiejols, sokkiejolle/ˈsɔki ˌjɔlə//ˈsɔki ˌdʒɔlə/.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, sokkie little sock + jol jollification.
colloquial
Especially among young Afrikaans-speakers, a discotheque or party. Also attributive.
1983 Sunday Times 18 Sept. (Mag. Sect.) 33They go to ‘sokkiejols’ together.
1985 Cape Times 23 July‘Sokkie jolle’ culture...An Ll B student at the Rand Afrikaans University..said the young Afrikaner woman no longer took part in folk dancing, but lived in the ‘spirit of a new cultural idiom’, which included rugby, music, reading and ‘sokkie-jolle’.
1986 Sunday Times 10 Aug.They left the drive-in and went to a sokkiesjol (boere disco) at the Island hall — a dancehall on an island in the middle of a nearby dam.
[1987 Fair Lady Feb. 18The Hotel (where they have sokkies in the disco on Saturday nights sometimes — what a jol).]
Especially among young Afrikaans-speakers, a discotheque or party. Also attributive.
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