terrorist, noun
- Origin:
- A play on the similarity in sound between terrorist and tourist.
colloquial
In the phrase terrorist from the North, a derogatory name for a tourist from the Transvaal provinces visiting the coastal regions of the Western Cape or KwaZulu-Natal; terr sense 2. See also ky’daar.
1981 Informant, George, Eastern CapeWell summer’s coming. We’ll be inundated with terrorists from the north.
1982 Cape Times 21 Dec. 17In Natal and the Eastern Cape they had a different name for..tourists. Its ‘K’daars’ as in ‘Kyk daar?’...It’s a far more affectionate name than the more usual terrorists from the north.
In the phrase terrorist from the North,a derogatory name for a tourist from the Transvaal provinces visiting the coastal regions of the Western Cape or KwaZulu-Natal; terr sense 2.
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