Ah! Potatokie!

I would like to propose a new term to be exclaimed when one is surprised. The term, or word, is “Potatokie!”

My students, especially the girls, get frightened very easily. When they do they say “감자기” (Gamjahgi) Translated to English this means “suddenly” or “all of a sudden”. This of the students as saying “That was so sudden!”

To me it sounds alot like they are saying 감자, potato, but minimised the way Afrikaans way. Afrikaans allows one to turn any noun into a “small version” or pet name of itself by adding -ie, -kie, -tjie. Therefore a small potato, using Afrikaans grammar, will be a “Potatokie”

When something happens and give me a fright I can now exclaim “Potatokie!”