Definitions
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- interjection South Africa
get lost !go away ! An exclamation of dismissal or rejection.
Etymologies
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From Afrikaans voetsek, voortsek, short form(s) of voort se ek ("go on I said").
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Examples
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He went to the police station but was told to "voetsek" when he said he did not want a black police officer to take his statement.
IOL: News 2010
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When they stopped to ask what the men were doing, they were told to "voetsek".
IOL: News 2008
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Ncwane said Defence Minister Mosioua "Terror" Lekota who was then sent to Khutsong left with egg on his face after residents told him to "voetsek" out of the town.
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Some of them carried posters that urged "hands off our mayor", and "voetsek baas Tony Leon".
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"Voetsek, voetsek (go away)," they chanted as workers loaded the bust on a truck.
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