toe, adjective

/ˈtu/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, literally ‘closed’.
colloquial
Impenetrably stupid, ‘dense’, ‘thick’.
1970 E.J. Le Roux Informant, Bellville, Western CapeIf someone is ‘toe’ he’s really dumb.
1970 A. Lombard Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)Don’t you catch the joke? Don’t be toe.
1971 L. Robertson Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)This girl is so toe, man, that she never gives me any messages. I don’t even let her answer the telephone if I’m out.
1978 Het Suid-Western 18 Jan.Today another precept holds and fairly makes you sob: ‘Who me? You must be toe ou pêl, Not me! It’s not my job.’
Impenetrably stupid, ‘dense’, ‘thick’.
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