Any idea what Nu means when someone uses it as a nickname for someone else in South Africa?
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Any idea what Nu means when someone uses it as a nickname for someone else in South Africa?
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I don't want to upset OP, but oxforddictionaries has...
And here's someone who knows that, commenting on the usage as an informal/affectionate term...
I can't think of an equivalent English term offhand, but French mon petit chou (my little cabbage) comes to mind.