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jong noun [ jɒŋ ]

• a young black male servant.
• used as a form of address to both men and women, expressing affection or exasperation.
• "there are sharks out there, jong"

jong 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’.


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