crunchie, noun

Origin:
EnglishShow more Perhaps formed on mealie cruncher + English (informal) noun-forming suffix -ie, or adaptation of kransie from slang krantz-athlete a baboon (see Gouws quotation 1970).
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A derogatory and offensive name for an Afrikaner person. Also shortened form crunch.
1970 V.R. Vink Informant, FloridaThe litter at the picnic spot was caused by a bunch of crunchies.
1970 T. Ray Informant, Cedara, KwaZulu-NatalIf an ou is coarse, you call him a crunchie or a rock. But don’t say it to his face or he’ll bop you.
1970 J. Gouws Informant, OudtshoornIn the Oudtshoorn military camp, krantz-athlete shortened to krantzie — crunchie for English-speakers.
1973 Cape Times 13 Apr. 3Prof. G.R. Bozzoli, Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand, referred to the use of the words, ‘crunch’, ‘Hairyback’ and ‘rock spider’ in the latest issue of Wits Student.
1981 D. Kramer in Frontline May 14Call me a crunchie And I’ll take you outside I’ll show you just how The crunch is applied Then you’ll keep...tjoepstil.
1982 Fair Lady 24 Feb. 97Back in South Africa, David was writing songs with a political edge. He had a go at the ‘crunchie’ with green fluff on his dashboard, the woman who sleeps with a gun under her pillow, the limp liberal who runs overseas when things get tough.
1989 C. Perkins in Sunday Times 19 Mar. 5From now on, any student or staff member who insults people by calling them ‘coolies’, ‘crunchies’, ‘kaffirs’ or ‘spics’ will have to be careful what he or she says.
1991 I. & F. De Moor Informants, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Hairyback, Dutchman, Dutchie, rock-spider, rocky, crunchy — all derogatory terms for an Afrikaner.
1994 [see rock noun].
A derogatory and offensive name for an Afrikaner person. Also shortened form crunch.
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