pantsulan.

Brit.

/pantˈsuːlə/, U.S.

/pæntˈsulə/, South African English

/pæntˈsuːlə/,

/pʌntˈsʊlə/

Forms: 1900s– pantsola, 1900s– pantsula, 1900s– pantsulas, 1900s– panzolla. See also mapantsula n.

Origin: A borrowing from Isicamtho. Etymon: Isicamtho pantsula.

Etymology: < Isicamtho pantsula < Zulu phansula (verb) to beat, make a cracking sound as with a whip, (noun) person with a distinctive style of dress, style of jiving, music to which this is performed (perhaps compare beat generation n.).The form pantsulas is occasionally attested as a singular.

South African.

1. colloquial. Among urban (esp. township) people: a young, black person (usually a man) associated with the latest trends in street culture and a fashionable, expensive style of dress originally based on 1950s American gangsters. Also: the style or subculture of such young people, associated especially with the 1980s and 1990s.For a more detailed description, see Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) at the word.

ΚΠ

1976 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 62 I tell her I'm off to Kid Pancholla's place.]

1982 Star (Johannesburg) 11 Nov. (Tonight section) 4 A pantsola..explained his delayed arrival to his boss.

1986 Drum (Johannesburg) Aug. 70 Women pantsulas live far from a healthy morality.

1990 P. Magubane et al. Soweto iii. 43 The..pantsulas, the gangster types with fedora hats, expensive jarman shoes and wide-legged, turn-up flannels with narrow belts worn low on the hips.

1992 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 18 636 Fashions in terms of dressing and displaying oneself have been ringing the changes: pantsula, hippy, smart, shapu (sharp) and the latest in ‘comrade’ paraphernalia.

2001 Africa News (Nexis) 15 June A recent study found that there are three main subcultures among black youth—rap, pantsula and Italian... Pantsulas wear All Star takkies and listen to kwaito.

2. A dance in which the participants, dancing a repetitive, shuffling step on the spot, form a circle inside which each in turn performs a solo; the genre of dance music which accompanies this, incorporating elements of traditional jazz, jive, and hip hop. Chiefly attributive, esp. in pantsula jive.

ΚΠ

1990 City Press (Johannesburg) 17 June 16 Forget disco and pantsula jive, move into the quiet world of waltzes, foxtrots and quickstep.

1999 Y June 21 Mshoza, a nostalgic chronicle from the heyday of pantsula to the present-day kwaito generation.

2002 Africa News (Nexis) 18 July His 1995 debut album, Taso Dances With You, was probably the first attempt by a Zimbabwean, to imitate the South African pantsula sound.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pantsula
释义	pantsulan. Brit. /pantˈsuːlə/, U.S. /pæntˈsulə/, South African English /pæntˈsuːlə/, /pʌntˈsʊlə/ Forms: 1900s– pantsola, 1900s– pantsula, 1900s– pantsulas, 1900s– panzolla. See also mapantsula n. Origin: A borrowing from Isicamtho. Etymon: Isicamtho pantsula. Etymology: < Isicamtho pantsula < Zulu phansula (verb) to beat, make a cracking sound as with a whip, (noun) person with a distinctive style of dress, style of jiving, music to which this is performed (perhaps compare beat generation n.).The form pantsulas is occasionally attested as a singular. South African. 1. colloquial. Among urban (esp. township) people: a young, black person (usually a man) associated with the latest trends in street culture and a fashionable, expensive style of dress originally based on 1950s American gangsters. Also: the style or subculture of such young people, associated especially with the 1980s and 1990s.For a more detailed description, see Dict. S. Afr. Eng. on Hist. Princ. (1996) at the word. ΚΠ 1976 K. M. C. Motsisi in M. Mutloatse Casey & Co. (1978) 62 I tell her I'm off to Kid Pancholla's place.] 1982 Star (Johannesburg) 11 Nov. (Tonight section) 4 A pantsola..explained his delayed arrival to his boss. 1986 Drum (Johannesburg) Aug. 70 Women pantsulas live far from a healthy morality. 1990 P. Magubane et al. Soweto iii. 43 The..pantsulas, the gangster types with fedora hats, expensive jarman shoes and wide-legged, turn-up flannels with narrow belts worn low on the hips. 1992 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 18 636 Fashions in terms of dressing and displaying oneself have been ringing the changes: pantsula, hippy, smart, shapu (sharp) and the latest in ‘comrade’ paraphernalia. 2001 Africa News (Nexis) 15 June A recent study found that there are three main subcultures among black youth—rap, pantsula and Italian... Pantsulas wear All Star takkies and listen to kwaito. 2. A dance in which the participants, dancing a repetitive, shuffling step on the spot, form a circle inside which each in turn performs a solo; the genre of dance music which accompanies this, incorporating elements of traditional jazz, jive, and hip hop. Chiefly attributive, esp. in pantsula jive. ΚΠ 1990 City Press (Johannesburg) 17 June 16 Forget disco and pantsula jive, move into the quiet world of waltzes, foxtrots and quickstep. 1999 Y June 21 Mshoza, a nostalgic chronicle from the heyday of pantsula to the present-day kwaito generation. 2002 Africa News (Nexis) 18 July His 1995 debut album, Taso Dances With You, was probably the first attempt by a Zimbabwean, to imitate the South African pantsula sound. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1982
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