Tollie has two distinct South African meanings.
Tollie has two distinct South African meanings. As a diminutive in casual slang it refers to the penis — typically in a childish or crude informal context. In standard South African agricultural usage, a tollie is a young bull or bullock (a castrated male bovine). The two senses are connected by the shared diminutive form 'tollie' but occupy very different registers: the agricultural sense is neutral and technical while the slang sense is crude and juvenile.
The farm had a dozen tollies in the bottom paddock being fattened for the autumn market.
Tollie means: Tollie has two distinct South African meanings. As a diminutive in casual slang it refers to the penis - typically in a childish or crude informal context. In standard South African agricultural. It is mainly South African English and may not be understood outside that context. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in. This is a food-related word and harmless in itself.
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Tollie means: Tollie has two distinct South African meanings. As a diminutive in casual slang it refers to the penis - typically in a childish or crude informal context. In standard South African agricultural. It is mainly South African English and may not be understood outside that context. It carries sexual or vulgar connotations; not alarming on its own but worth understanding the context your teen heard it in. This is a food-related word and harmless in itself.
tollie means: Tollie has two distinct South African meanings. As a diminutive in casual slang it refers to the penis - typically in a childish or crude informal context. In standard South. Register: very informal, often derogatory or vulgar. Avoid in formal, business, academic, or polite writing. Even in casual speech the word can offend and is best left out of a learner's active vocabulary. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(South Africa, slang) Diminutive for a penis.
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(South Africa) A bullock.
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