a contemptuous or jocular name for an English person or an English-speaking South African
Word origin
C19: Afrikaans, literally: red neck
rooinek in American English
(ˈruːiˌnek)
noun
South African jocular
Briton; Britisher
Word origin
[1885–90; ‹ Afrik, equiv. to rooi red + nek neck]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, reactor, retread, scrum, zoom