Another term for ayoba, a catch phrase that was popular in the Blackberry and YoTv days.
Example
That's so ayoba.
Ayobaness.
A situation where you don't have money and you have no means of getting it.
Example
I'm so Meneer Magongwa these days.
A buff guy / those big guys at the gym.
Example
He has become a sgora now, the gym is helping him.
Wendy Williams day is a holiday that is celebrated in South Africa every year on April 10th... This is of course according to Wendy Williams and whoever lied to her because there's no such.
Example
We are having a huge braai for Wendy Williams Day.
New name for Port Elizabeth.
Example
Did you hear that Port Elizabeth is now called Gqeberha?
The nickname for the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa.
Example
Cupcake is opening the country again.
An informal way to say "babes", mostly used by Xhosa women when talking to each other or about each other.
Example
Yho beyps, the way I've been missing my Ben 10 these days.
A stokvel is a savings pool where a group of individuals contribute an agreed-upon monthly amount. The group have full control of how they would like to use that money. Two common methods are to pay out monthly or annually. The group can make monthly pay-outs, or they could keep investing their savings and get a lump sum at the end of the year.
Example
I have joined a stockvel with the members of my community where we get monthly payouts.
South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.
Example
I miss how groove was before lockdown.
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