Terms vs Sjoe - What's the difference?
terms | sjoe |
(South Africa) whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.
* 2005 , Alan Brand, Positively Alive (page 25)
* 2007 , Heinrich Troost, Plot Loss (page 14)
* 2011 , Beverley Naidoo, Aesop's Fables (page 20)
As a noun terms
is .As an interjection sjoe is
(south africa) whew; phew; expressing surprise, relief, etc.sjoe
English
Interjection
(en interjection)- We open the front door after switching off the alarms and unlocking the security gates and sigh with relief, "Sjoe , it's still all here!", relieved to find that we have not become a crime statistic, another victim.
- 'Sjoe , it's coming down hard, eh? It's fantastic,' she shouts and discharges an exuberant giggle. They run along the side of the house onto a big covered veranda, an entertainment area from where they can see the rain sifting down in sheets
- Sjoe , it was still alive! As the young man turned to pick up his stick to beat it, the snake spat its poison into the man's water gourd before slithering away.
