Bantoe, noun
/ˈbantu/
- Origin:
- Afrikaans pronunciation-spelling of Bantu.
offensive
- Note:
- Used satirically, as a response to perceived patronizing attitudes among Afrikaans-speakers.
2. combinations
Bantoedorp/-dɔrp/ [Afrikaans, dorp town], also in dimunitive form Bantoedorpie [see -ie], township noun sense 2 a;
c1970 C. Desmond Discarded People 155I drove down the road and..asked someone where this ‘Bantoedorp’ was.
1978 M.J. Mtsaka Not his Pride 12I’m not sure what that means, but if it was an insult all those whites who know Bantoetale would have stopped long ago.
Bantu noun sense 1 (offensive).
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