gommie, adjective

/ˈxɔmi/
Origin:
From gom.
derogatory, slang
Common, low-class.
1970 C.S. Hendry Informant, Somerset West, Western CapeShe’s a gommie person (lives in a gommie part of town).
1970 J. Cloete Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)Gommy (boorish).
1988 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)But he doesn’t sound gommie and he’s married to that woman!
1989 Sunday Times 1 Oct. 17Swopping the languid tones of the Queen’s English for gommie glottal stops and short nasal vowels.
1991 V. Warren Informant, Alberton, GautengGommie. Lacks a touch a class. Those plastic flowers are really gommie.
Common, low-class.
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