maatjie, noun
slang
1. On Citizens Band radio: a ‘good buddy’, i.e. another Citizens Band radio user.
1979 Sunday Times 8 July (Mag. Sect.) 3‘Gooi me a zero,’ chirped the robin and my own good buddy went bug-eyed. ‘What the hell...,’ he muttered as the robin went on fluting about his mike maatjies.
[1979 B. Molloy S. Afr. CB Dict. 107Maatjie, good buddy, as in ‘enige maatjie vir ’n praatjie?’ (any good buddy for a chat).]
2. maat sense 2.
1990 C. Barrett in Weekend Post 19 Jan. 1Tell me, O Half Beer makers, why we Vaalies have to wait for the parsimonious goodwill of our Cape maatjies before we can get a sip of your highly esteemed..brew?
a ‘good buddy’, i.e. another Citizens Band radio user.
Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari