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Other / child care assistant | | Afrikaans term or phrase: die foken lekker drunk ne die scullum dooes marlene | | rude abuse |
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4 hrs confidence:   the drunk and dishonest person
Explanation:
Correctly spelled, probably "die fokken lekker dronk en die skelm doos".
fokken (expletive adjective) = roughly equivalent to "funcking" in English.
dronk (noun) = drunk
lekker (adjective) = A very versatile adjective that can mean many things depending on its usage. Here, in "lekker dronk" it probably means "very drunk".
skelm (adjective) = Scaly, shifty, wily, sly, stealthy, scheming, dishonest, etc. It is unclear which meaning applies to your question, but it would probably be either "dishonest" or "scheming".
doos (expletive noun) = An insulting name for a person, usually indicating that he is stupid or uncool or simply socially beneath the speaker. The word literally is an informal word for vagina.
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-01-10 10:57:06 GMT)
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* funcking = I mean fucking.
* lekker = can be both an adjective or adverb -- here it is an adverb, sorry.
* skelm can also mean untrustworthy, which may also be applicable here.
|  Samuel Murray
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Native speaker of:  Afrikaans
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