gatvol, adjective

/ˈxatfɔl/
Forms:
Also (rarely) gaatvol.
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more From Afrikaans gat anus, arse + vol full.
vulgar slang
Often in the phrases gatvol of, gatvol with.
At the limit of one’s frustration or annoyance with a situation or person, especially when one’s experience has been ongoing; fed up.
[1980 Sunday Times 14 Dec. (Mag. Sect.) 5At Herold’s Bay..a defiant owner called his holiday home ‘Gatvol’. I wonder which members of an extended family drove him to that.]
1984 L. Shaw in Style Nov. 213Peter S— managed to resurrect himself for a few dances — after having pronounced himself ‘gatvol deluxe’.
1986 Informant, Durban, KwaZulu-NatalWe’re gaatvol of all these hassles.
1989 M. Brand in Fair Lady 25 Oct. 92Gatvol, Feeling of having had more than enough, often experienced after reading yet another article on acid rain.
1992 Financial Mail 13 Mar. 25These are doubtful voters who..worry about crime, about a declining standard of living and schooling, about job security, about their property and pensions...They are gatvol with De Klerk, the Nats, the communists,..Model C schools and suburban hijack murders...
1993 ‘T. Cobbleigh’ in Sunday Times 25 Apr. 21The Independent newspaper in London told its readers this week that South Africa’s whites were ‘gatvol’ over the recent violence. The word means ‘bellyful’, the paper explained helpfully.
1994 D. Capel in Sunday Times 25 Dec. 15Three years ago, Koos, then a staunch Conservative Party MP, was so ‘gatvol’ with the changes being introduced..that he plotted the government’s downfall.
2014 propertyposer.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Ya..now I am gaatvol everything is about Soweto what about those who died in Sharpville, Thokozo, Katlehong.
2017 dailymaverick.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Business is gatvol of government.
2020 F. Rabkin in mg.co.za (DSAE Corpus) 3 JuneFor many people — gatvol, anxious and exhausted by the ongoing uncertainty caused by the lockdown — the judgment captured exactly what they felt.
At the limit of one’s frustration or annoyance with a situation or person, especially when one’s experience has been ongoing; fed up.
Derivatives:
rare  gatvolheid  noun  [Afrikaans, noun-forming suffix -heid -ness]; gatvolness  noun.
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gattes, nounn.Gauteng, nounn.
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