deurmekaar
adjective/ˌdɪəməˈkɑː(r)/
/ˌdɪrməˈkɑːr/
South African English [dɪə.məˈkɑː]
(South African English, informal)- in a confused stateWord OriginAfrikaans, from Dutch dialect variants of door elkaar, literally ‘through one another, interchangeable’.
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