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*Moffie - one of the cats mentioned in The Diary of Anne Frank *Moffie is a derogatory word for homosexual used in South Africa. It literally means 'glove' in Afrikaans, and possibly originated from the idea that men who wore gloves were homosexual. An alternative attribution for the origin of the name is the Afrikaans term "mofskaap" which refers to a hand reared lamb... i.e. a weakling or someone that has been molly-coddled. The term is considered offensive in South Africa. See also: ::*Formal complaint on use in commercial ::*Moffie removed from South African commercial ::*Moffie by author used to describe self ::*Use in a Canadian publication |
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