opskop, noun
/ˈɔpskɔp/
- Origin:
- AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, literally ‘kick up’.
a. An informal, lively party, with dancing to the accompaniment of boeremusiek (sense 1); boeredans. Cf. vastrap sense 2. b. Any lively party. Also attributive.
1985 J. Thomas in Fair Lady 3 Apr. 152He bellows against the beat, over it, with it, while the funniest, most unexpectedly fluid sounds of an accordian [sic] wheeze over the top. It sounds like a great witblitz-fuelled boeremusiek opskop gone crazy in the heart of Marabbastad.
1990 M. Shafto in Weekend Argus 9 June 11They told stories, they sampled Oom Apies award-winning yellow peach mampoer, they sang and danced as the opskop by Pieter Wolmerans and his orchestra warmed to its midnight crescendo.
An informal, lively party, with dancing to the accompaniment of boeremusiek (sense 1); boeredans.
Any lively party. Also attributive.
- Derivatives:
- Hence opskopper noun [Afrikaans], one who attends an opskop.1980 Sunday Times 23 Nov. 29Soft-shoe Neels, opskoppers! Can you imagine it? A band had to come all the way from 1820 Settler country to demolish the finest talent from the north and south in the 1980 Boeremusiek Olympics.
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