Alkebulan

Ancient name of Africa, meaning 'mother of mankind'/'garden of eden'.


People need to talk more about Alkebulan.



Iqaba

Iqaba is a Nguni term for a barbarian or a person believed to be uncivilised or uncultured.
Plural Amaqaba


They used to call me iqaba because I come from the villages.



Dagga

Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.


I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.



Pedi

Pedi is a South African language spoken by a group of people known as the Marota/Bapedi.


I am a proud Pedi.



Enden

An expression of extreme surprise. Used with a question mark.
Equivalent to "what the fuck?"
Derived from the praise "and then..."


Ah, enden? What happened here?



Skelm

A Skelm is a South African term for a tsotsi, rascal, thief, crook, all the baf things.


Get out of here, you skelm.



Intsomi

Intsomi is a Xhosa term for a tale. Those stories our grandparents used to tell us when we were young.


Hayi yintsomi, Hayi yi film.



031

031 is the dialling code for Durban. It can also be used to refer to Durban.


I rep 031 till the day I die.



Type shii

Sort of point expanding using only a word "type shii" works perfectly when explaining something


For stoners ( we all how it feels to get the "munchies" after a good blaze type shii



Nyash

Nyash, also known as ass is used to describe different categories of ladies depending on their origin. Ladies from Banda, Gulu, and Karamoja have no nyash. They are time wasters. Martin


The word nyash is used to describe big ass, or booty.




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