"bosbefok" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more bosbefok [comparative], most bosbefok [superlative]
Etymology: From Afrikaans; literally "bush-fucked". Etymology templates: {{bor|en|af|-}} Afrikaans Head templates: {{en-adj}} bosbefok (comparative more bosbefok, superlative most bosbefok)
  1. (South Africa, slang) shell-shocked Tags: South-Africa, slang
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          "ref": "2000, Mandla Langa, The memory of stones, page 189:",
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          "ref": "2003, Geoffrey V. Davis, Voices of justice and reason, page 330:",
          "text": "Josh's former Commanding Officer, Louw, quizzes his sister on what he may have told her about Angola, asserting meaningfully that \"nobody ever tells everything\" and contending that when her brother went bosbefok, \"I saved his life.",
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