Knoffel

Noun, South Africa.
A mentally challenged person, or someone who is a bit stupid.
The literal translation is garlic (imagine a whole bulb), and pronounced as Ka-Noff-El.
It can be used in both a derogatory or endearing term, though most often the former.

(After stupid incident, insult)
Person: "Piet, jy es 'n bladdy knoffel!" (Piet, you're a bloody idiot).

(In conversation, descriptive)
Person: "Shame, have you seen Lizzie's child, she's a bit of a knoffel..."

Knoffel by KingmanSA April 27, 2014

knuffel 

the dutch word for hug or cuddle

person 1: "give me a knuffel pwease"
person 2: "awwwww sure, since you have gone to the trouble of speaking dutch and all"

knuffel by hm.... September 21, 2005

knuffelcontact

Person, other than possible members of your family, with whom you may have close (physical) contact, without distance, without a mouth mask, during a pandemic (especially during the covid-19 outbreak). The term has been coined by '' and is a composition of 'knuffelen' (verb, hugging) and 'contact' (noun).

"Why is she over at your place? There's a pandemic going on." —"Oh, don't worry, she's my knuffelcontact"
"Are you guys together?" —"No, she's just my knuffelcontact"

knuffelcontact by bn326160 December 25, 2020

knoffe

A cup of water that, in replacement of ice, has razor blades and is normally drank by the people of Genovia.

I’ll beat your with the knoffe special!

knoffe by Knoffe March 22, 2022