Kehee

Kehee
Slang from the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya.
Literal translation: an uncircumcised boy (circumcision marks adulthood in the Kikuyu culture).
Modern meaning like saying a man is a sniveling little baby, but ten times as worse.
Do not use this word in Kenya unless you want to start a fight.
Used in America to befuddle your adversary when he says something lame.

He saw a cop and ran away. But he got caught, started crying, and ratted us out big time. He's nothing but a Kehee!


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