tannie
English
Etymology
From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).
Noun
tannie (plural tannies)
- (South Africa) An older female authority figure.
- 2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action (page 135)
- Normal biscuit cookies like the tannies, the Afrikaans aunties, made, but liberally laced with marijuana.
- 2011, Charles Kingsley, From Afrikaner to Zebra – A Vet’s Life (page 81)
- I had done the same as a student at outpatients, listening to a succession of tannies with their hair in curlers […]
- 2008, Chris Cocks, Out of Action (page 135)
Synonyms
- antie
Anagrams
- annite, ante in, innate, nanite
Afrikaans
Noun
tannie (plural tannies)
- Diminutive of tante (“aunt”)