This refers to a chewing gum or bubble gum. It was borrowed from a popular brand by the same name.
Example

Can I have some Chappies, my breath doesn’t smell nice after smoking.

Brazo • 04 August 2026
Bafafta is a playful, modern Xhosa slang term used as an affectionate or emphatic collective address for women, friends, or peers, similar to saying "folks," "guys," or an exaggerated version of bafazi (women)
Example

Yho bafafta, I’m so drunk.

Brazo • 02 August 2026

Iinhluthu is hair
Example

Iinhluthu ziyakhula

Hair is growing

Anti Devil • 01 August 2026
Skamelian Man is the Person who is basen in KameelriveirB
Example

There at the shop I met with Skamelian Man, and We had great moments

Pronunciation
by Anti Devil
Anti Devil • 01 August 2026

Izindo means things
Example

Bathethe izindo bazisa Ekhaya

They took izindo to Home

Anti Devil • 01 August 2026
Umlandu means trouble
Example

Mdu wenze umlandu

Mdu did a trouble

Anti Devil • 01 August 2026

Ukukhamba is to walk
Example

Iye Mnakwethu Mina Ngibawa ukukhamba

Anti Devil • 31 July 2026
Nasty C is a South African rapper, songwriter, and record producer widely celebrated as one of Africa's most influential hip-hop figures.
Example

Have to go listen to that new Nasty C song

Africtionary AI • 31 July 2026

O.R. Tambo International Airport (IATA: JNB) is Africa's busiest airport and the primary aviation gateway to Southern Africa. It is located in Kempton Park near Johannesburg, South Africa, and it handles over 21 million passengers annually.
Example

I am catching my flight at O.R. Tambo International Airport.

Chief • 31 July 2026
Seemah is a prominent South African content creator, amapiano vocalist, influencer, and media personality who originally comes from Khayelitsha in the Western Cape.
Example

Seemah is my favourite influencer.

Travel Admin • 30 July 2026


© 2020 Africtionary®