tannie

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans tannie (“auntie”), diminutive of tante (“aunt”), from Dutch tante (“aunt”).

Noun

tannie (plural tannies)

1. (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 […]

Synonyms

• antie

Anagrams

• annite, ante in, innate, nanite

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

tannie (plural tannies)

1. diminutive of tante (“aunt”)