Skomora

Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.


I caught my little brother eskomora.



Stockvel

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.


I have joined a stockvel with the members of my community where we get monthly payouts.



Dyani

Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from other tribes.


I'm a Xhosa Dyani✓✓✓

(I'm a Hlubi/Sotho or Zulu Dyani) Hai ninganya minqundu



Ewe

A Xhosa term for Yes.


"Uhayi akasebenzi, kungcono uzame u ewe" - iFani



Daka Boy

Daka Boy is a derogatory term for someone who mixes the cement during construction.


He lied to you, he’s not the foreman, he’s the Daka Boy.



Stocko

The term refers to a woman or women who are identified as being available for the pleasure and entertainment of men.


John vul'igate, nasi istocko.
John open the gate, we have the stocko.



Spaza

Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.


You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.



Rhodent

The term for a student at Rhodes University, South Africa.
Rhodes is notorious for its heavy-drinking scene. Thus, being a Rhodent is also synonymous with drinking heavily.


Rhodents were overdrinking everyone at that party last night.



Nyaope

The drug that is killing the youth of South Africa. It makes these kids do all crazy things just to get that high.


He is behaving like this because he smoked nyaope.



polyandry

polyandry is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.


South African women are excited about polyandry but they can't even keep one man.




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