Word of the Day — 09 Nov 2026
A highly popular, fast-paced trick-taking card game that originated among the Indian South African community in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
Example
I like playing some thunee with my friends.
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In South Africa, a tenderpreneur is a person in government or the private sector who obtains private or government tenders and contracts to facilitate outsourced services. You see them by their huge mkhaba, flashy cars and expensive clothes and alcohol.
The most dangerous creature. Male bestie is the guy your girlfriend always tells you not to worry about but you don't know what they do behind closed doors. He is the guy that's always waiting for you to fuck up.
Example
My guy be careful of your girl's male bestie.
A skrr skrr way of referring to the ancestors.
Example
You fam, the underground gang won't be happy about that.
Good kind Philosophy of the hosh slang in all different languages to tell each origin of place, when and why.
Example
You sound like a alhoshnability kind of a person
Masepa mean SHIT in South African seSotho languages (SeSotho, SeTswana, SePedi).
Can also be used to refer to a beautiful lady as in like "Ngwanola ona le masepa"
The other term can be used to insult someone as in like "O mpotsa masepa sarn"
Also see Masimba
Can also be used to refer to a beautiful lady as in like "Ngwanola ona le masepa"
The other term can be used to insult someone as in like "O mpotsa masepa sarn"
Also see Masimba
Example
O mpotsa masepa.
Example
"If you don't have nyash as a woman, you are just wasting your time"
Fear of women, especially beautiful women.
Example
This one can't talk to women, akere he has gwababa.
Fede may be used to say "alright" or "okay" and it is mainly used that way in the southern townships of Johannesburg and many parts of Gauteng.
Example
Fede, I'll sort it out.
Isgubhu is a South African slang term that initially meant music drums or a bassline before it later referred to all dance music.
Example
South Africans love any song with isgubhu
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