spog, verb intransitive

/spɔx/
Forms:
Also spogh.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African Dutch, DutchShow more Afrikaans, earlier South African Dutch spochen, from Dutch spochten (variant of pochen) boast, brag.
colloquial
To boast, brag, or show off.
1870 H.H. Dugmore Reminisc. of Albany Settler 33There were many handsome, high-fed horses on the commando..and many a youth ‘spogh’d’ dashingly enough upon them at starting.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 467Spogh, To...To show off, to make a display.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 33On a Saturday afternoon..the young man would arrive from a neighbouring farm..mounted on a prancing horse, on which he would proceed to ‘spog’, or show off in front of the abode of the girl.
1970 D.J. Olivier Informant, Johannesburg, GautengHe is ‘spogging’ now, but at one time he could not afford to buy a ‘stert-riempie’.
1970 Informant, Pietersburg (now Polokwane)He spogs about his new bike.
To boast, brag, or show off.
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