yes baas, adjectival phrase and & noun phrase

/ˈjes bɑːs/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Partial translation of Afrikaans ja baas, ja yes + baas boss, master.
colloquial
A. adjectival phrase ja baas adjectival phrase.
1963 K. Mackenzie Dragon to Kill 134He also thought of the yes-baas, touch-my-cap Africans he met in town.
1971 Post 28 Mar. 9In the United States..a full-scale campaign against the Yes Baas mentality is being mounted.
1974 M.A. Mutloatse in S. Gray On Edge of World 110He wasn’t a yes-baas muntu.
B. noun phrase
1. ja baas noun phrase sense 2.
1975 S. Sepamla in New Classic No.1, 12I asked, what about my pass-book? Joe shook his head as if he really pitied me...There’s so much of the yes-baas in you that you can hardly see the difference between the paper you carry and the penis which is part of your body.
2. The utterance ‘yes baas’, seen as the epitome of the language and attitudes of a servile person. Cf. ja baas noun phrase sense 1.
1971 Post 28 Mar. 9A feeling of inferiority grows in him...It makes him say: ‘Yes Baas.’
1977 M.P. Gwala Jol’iinkomo 16A man’s irrational thoughts On his chained condition may get gripped: By the fear he may act rational And dance to the fuck-up tune of ‘yes baas’.
1982 Staffrider Vol.4 No.4, 22Put on your mask, son of Mendi. Remember to say ‘Yes, baas,’ ‘No, baas.’ It is a game; sometimes you win.
The utterance ‘yes baas’, seen as the epitome of the language and attitudes of a servile person.
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yellowwood, nounn.yes-no, adverbadv.
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