Definitions

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  • noun South Africa An older female authority figure.

Etymologies

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Ultimately from Dutch tante ("aunt").

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Examples

  • "We children respectfully addressed them as 'oom' and 'tannie'."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • Don't you get it tannie your brat-son is done and dusted! and since you so close to the ocean just hire a little boat for you and your son, sail of to the edge/horizon of the sea and fall of ... we won't miss you at all!

    News24 Top Stories 2010

  • From the bergie heaving a trolley load of old metal to the nearest scrap dealer, to the tannie directing an antique from the back of a bakkie into her shop.

    ...seeking serenity 2010

  • i love it how cancervaturds cheer the fact 43 went to yale and havard, angry tannie annie coulter went to columbia, bill-do the dildo went to harvard yet they consistently bash ive league schools. what a bunch of fcuking tools.

    Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010

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