English

Noun

moffie ‎(plural moffies)

1. (South Africa, derogatory, offensive) An effeminate homosexual man; faggot, fairy.
   • 2005, Verenia Keet, Colored Hill, page 78:

     Sometimes, they admonished their children in mock-protest for following and making fun of the moffies. "Go away," one moffie said in a shrilly^[sic] voice, elaborately fanning out long painted scissors-like fingernails to scare the children away.

References

1. 1 2 Defiant Desire: Gay and Lesbian Lives in South Africa (2013, ISBN 1136656022)

Afrikaans

Etymology

The sense "mitten" is probably from French moufle; the sense "homosexual man" is of unclear origin (see above in the English section).

Noun

moffie ‎(plural moffies)

1. mitten
2. (often derogatory) homosexual man

Synonyms

• (homosexual man): gay