What it means
Cape Town slang for very, really, or a lot. It's a proper intensifier that gets used all over a sentence to turn the volume up. You can say lank funny, lank tired, lank good, even lank nonsense. It's especially tied to Cape Town and the Western Cape, and once you clock it, you'll hear it all the time.
Usage examples
"That braai was lank lekker, boet. Wors was perfect and the sunset over the mountain was something else"
"That new spot does lank good burgers, we waited ages but it was properly worth it."
"It was lank hot at the beach today, we got through three bottles of water before noon."
"Bru, the traffic this morning was lank bad, I nearly turned around and went back home."
"She's lank into that oke, you can see it from a mile away."
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