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Zef
Zef is a South African counter-culture movement.
==Origin of the term==
The word ''zef'' is an Afrikaans slang word, which roughly translates to the English word ''common''. Also known as siff. Which means uncool in Afrikaans. It differs from the Australian term ''bogan'' and the British term ''chav'' in that it is mostly a positive term for oneself, rather than a derogatory term for someone else. It is also not typical of the poorest classes of the society, but rather a mostly white, lower-middle class subculture.
Yolandi Visser of Die Antwoord is quoted as saying, "It's associated with people who soup their cars up and rock gold and shit. Zef is, you're poor but you're fancy. You're poor but you're sexy, you've got style."
The concept of "zef" originated in the 1960s and 1970s as a derogatory term to refer to working class whites, including residents of caravan parks.〔Anton Krueger, ("Zef/Poor White Kitsch Chique: Die Antwoord's Comedy of Degradation" ), ''Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies'', vol. 13, issue 3-4, 2012, pp. 399-408. DOI: 10.1080/17533171.2012.715484. An extended version of this article is also available (here ).〕 It is a shortening of the name of the Ford Zephyr motorcar that was popular worldwide from the 1950s to the 1970s. In South Africa, these cars were often customized with enhanced engines, tires and rims.〔Magdel Fourie, ("The Dummies guide to Zef" ), News24, February 16, 2010.〕 They were often owned by working-class people, especially from the then-upcoming East and West Rand areas of Johannesburg (due to gold mining activity and the rising price of gold after it was de-coupled from a fixed price of USD 35 per fine ounce). The average Zephyr driver, while relatively comfortable financially in the 70s, was still generally from a more working-class than elite or highly educated background, so owners of these cars were given the derogatory description of being "zef" (Zephyr owner) by middle-class and more well-to-do South Africans. Frikkie Lombard, editor of the ''Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal'', has explained zef as "something which is usually considered to be common, but nowadays has credibility."〔
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