kay, noun

Origin:
Representing the pronunciation of the letter k, abbreviation of kilometre.
colloquial
K sense 2. Also attributive.
1983 M.A. Birkin in Sunday Times 13 Mar. (Mag. Sect.) 3We can’t even shorten the kilometre properly. The abbreviation is supposed to be km, in which case where do the young, in particular, get the expression: ‘I was only doing 90 kays, man’?
1989 Grocott’s Mail 31 Jan. 8Increase in training kays for the Settlers [marathon].
1990 M. Smit in Sunday Times 2 Dec. 27In a moment of madness during the night’s endeavours, someone suggested a five-kay run to Frith on the golf course at 7am the next morning.
1991 Pretoria News 11 Apr. 9Wouldn’t it be nice to have so much money that it’s a major hassle to drive a couple of kays to pick up a measly 15 grand?
1991 Style May 95They stop at the first miserable, mosquito-infested bosveld ditch they can find when, instead, just a few kays further on they could porzie off at one of the biggest rivers in the country.
K sense 2. Also attributive.
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kattekruid, nounn.kaya, nounn.
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