Lovely Little Lexemes
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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Babalaas
Babalaas \BA-buh-las\ , noun;
1. A hangover
Happy 2012! Anyone having a
babalaas
today?
This word is a South African colloquialism from Afrikaans
babalaas
, which comes from Zulu
bhabhalazi
, the stem of
ibhabhalazi
("hangover").
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