poephol, noun

/ˈpʊp(h)ɔl//ˈpʊpɔːl/
Origin:
Afrikaans.
An anus; figurative, a derogatory term for a stupid or unpleasant person.
Note:
Not in polite use, although used freely by some speakers of South African English who are not aware of the word’s literal meaning.
1969 A. Fugard Boesman & Lena 26That tickey deposit heart of his is tight, like his poephol and his fist.
1978 S. Roberts in New Classic No.5, 23So what’s left? Just all us other poephols, what they call the man-in-the-street.
1985 P. Slabolepszy Sat. Night at Palace 29Those poephols at the post office — they not so stupid as they look.
1985 P. Slabolepszy Sat. Night at Palace 47He doesn’t own it, poephol. How can a kafir own a road-house?
1986 G. Silber in Style Apr. 44A thug..threw a baseball bat at his head and called him a poephol because he had not managed to vault a wooden horse.
1988 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)The same review by some absolute poephol appeared in paper after paper.
1990 M-Net TV 4 Nov. (Carte Blanche)All my patient wanted to learn to say was ‘poephol’ so that she could tell her doctor what he was.
1991 D. Kramer on M-Net TV 3 Apr.Forty years to paint a ceiling. Why? Because he’s a bloody poephol, man!
1991 G. De Beer Informant, Port Nolloth, Northern CapePoepole/poeppoll/poepholl. Idiot; literally (slang) arsehole. You poepoll!
An anus; figurative, a derogatory term for a stupid or unpleasant person.
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