Words by Sinazo
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It is an urban South African youth language, also known as tsotsi taal or township talk, that mixes words from languages like Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Afrikaans, and English.
Example
They mostly speak Scamto to each other.
Example
We drank way too much yesterday, ndiyafa yi bhabhalaza.
GNU, or Government of National Unity, is a government that was proposed by the ANC after they failed to achieve above 50% in the 2024 Elections. It entails forming a broad coalition government consisting of all parties represented in the national legislature.
Example
I don't know how to feel about this GNU.
A situationship is a romantic or sexual relationship that is not considered to be formal or established.
Example
Iām considering turning my situationship into a relationship.
A frontal refers to a hairpiece that has a strip of material which runs from ear to ear.
Example
Every girl deserves ifrontal this December.
Cyril Ramaphosa is the current president of the Republic of South Africa.
Example
We are calling for Cyril Ramaphosa to answer for his Phala Phala farm saga.
isichitho is curse or spell that is made by people using a muthi to make a divisions in a relationship, sometimes families, by making a victim unattractive and annoying.
Example
They tried to use isichitho to make my boyfriend dump me.
A tradition in South Africa that celebrates the end of exam season. It loosely translates to "washing the paper".
High school kids typically go on a drinking spree (underage drinking).
High school kids typically go on a drinking spree (underage drinking).
Example
I can't wait for the exams to finish so that sizokuhlamba iphepha.
Isgaxa or isigaxa means Big news, like WOW, like Yhoo, like I don't believe it.
Example
Everyday is a new sgaxa, I've run out of haibos.
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