How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
Example
No one:
Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.
Skipa is a South African term for a T-shirt.
Example
I need to buy that GALXBOY skipa very soon.
Ikula is an offensive term used to refer to Indian people.
Example
He speaks like that because he is dating ikula.
Example
I saw your friend walking with elinye ilawu.
Nongendi is a Xhosa word/name for a nun. It directly translates to “one who cannot get married”.
Example
Usisi wam nguNongendi.
My sister is a nun.
Poephol is afrikaans for an asshole, usually used to reference to people
Example
Jou poepholl!
Translation: you asshole
Fokkerkie is basically a small fokker
Example
Daai Steve is OK maar 'n fokkerkie
Translation: that guy Steve is a real small fuck
A Hlubi word for you are talking nonsense.
Example
Me: Gombo means "a newly developed area. It is the name given by the Xhosas to the City of East London after its foundation in 1836"
You: That is gibberish.
Me: uyarhubha.
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