Taima

Taima is a slang term for dad or father.


I will be chilling with taima tomorrow.



Chief

General term used by people in politics (comrades) and Tenderpreneurs to refer to each other.


No one:
Comrade: Why are you being emotional, chief? Politics are not for the weak.



Underground gang

A skrr skrr way of referring to the ancestors.


You fam, the underground gang won't be happy about that.



Mzukwana

Mzukwana is a Kasi term for the olden days / the good old days / back in the day.


I woke up and listened to Kwaito ya mzukwana today.



Umoufia

Umoufia is a country in west Africa globally known as Ghana.
The name umoufia came into existence when a prophet in Ghana was revealing a doom prophecy over the country but didn’t want to mention the name Ghana due to the strict warning from the Inspector General of Police popularly known IGP Dampare.


1. Umoufia is a beautiful country.
2. There are so many tourist attractions in Umoufia



Xhoma

Ukuxhoma is a general Kasi term that means flexing or showing off.


Ever since he got his RAF money, uyaxhoma now.



ASAP

ASAP is an acronym for As Soon As Possible.


I need to see you ASAP.



Nyhori

Inyhori is a Xhosa slang term that’s used to refer to someone with one eye.


They stabbed him in the eye, now yinyhori.


Pronunciation:
by MXhosa

Kota

A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.


I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.



Ncmsl

A shortened version of "Undincamisile", a Xhosa term to express shock. Undincamisile can also mean "you have kissed me, you kissed me, s/he kissed me", which is not related to the definition we are talking about here.


Girl 1: She has already moved on.
Girl 2: For real? It's only been 2 weeks.
Girl 1: Dead serious.
Girl 2: Ncmsl




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