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Pookie

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 15, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Pookie definition 1

Cute loved one

"Miss <a href="/word/you" class="internal-link" title="View definition of You">you</a> pookie"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 15, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Pookie definition 2

Term of endearment

"Hey pookie bear"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
July 2025

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Pookie 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Term of endearment

"Hey pookie bear"

Term of endearment

"Hey pookie bear"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Pookie" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Pookie 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Term of endearment
Pookie

Term of endearment

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