crunchie
crunchie · crunchies
A somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar formA somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.
/ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/
Meaning
3 sensesA somewhat granola- or cookie-like chocolate-covered sweet, served in bar form.
(usually plural)An infantry soldier, a grunt.
(South Africa, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A white Afrikaner.
Origin
From crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through theFrom crunchy. Use to refer to infantrymen in Vietnam is from their "crunching" through the jungle brush. Use to refer to white Afrikaners is perhaps from their supposed tendency to eat crunchy food.
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