jong

 
Pronunciation: /jɒŋ/
South African

noun

  • 1chiefly historical a young black male servant.
  • offensive a black man.
  • 2 informal used as a form of address to both men and women, expressing affection or exasperation: there are sharks out there, jong
  • a boyfriend or lover: he was my jong and I had a child by him

exclamation

  • used to express surprise, pleasure, or anger, or to add emphasis to a statement: he’s nice, but jong is he strict!

Origin:

Afrikaans, from earlier South African Dutch jongen 'lad'