Natubaaze means let's go in Oshiwambo slang
Example

Peter Natubaaze ko KONKA

realmakoyya 11 July 2022

Ou

Guy
Example

That ou is genuine

jordan 22 May 2025

Show me your number is a popular soccer/football skill in South Africa, where the player pretends to shoot the ball and the defender ducks, hence showing his/her number to the attacker.
Example

They hit him with a “show me your number” and the crowd went crazy.

Cody 16 May 2024
It's a Zulu word that describes your are going through a lot or bad things are about to happen to you
Example

Ziyakhala ke manje

Thiizo Phumlanii Hlalu 25 April 2022

The act of breaking someone's heart either through cheating or any malpractice that automatically leads the end of a relationship. Often used in a phrase "ba tlao hurda" meaning they will hurt you
Example

Ba tlao hurda, banunur!

Loruo Bond Rampha III 25 May 2021
Another level
Example

"Do you know where I'm qwelling?"

Tinevimbo 26 June 2024

A small East African nation with hilly terrain, known for coffee production and recent political challenges.
Example

Lake Tanganyika forms Burundi's southwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
Slang for the Covid-19 virus. Derived from the word "Covid"
Example

I had the 'Vid last month. Had to go to a quarantine site for 14 days.

S.J 07 June 2021

This is an incorrect spelling of mnqundu.

It's so annoying to see so many people misspelling this word 🤦🏽‍♂️
Example

No one:

Annoying person: I miss him but umngqund'wakhe.

MXhosa 12 May 2021
The drug that is killing the youth of South Africa. It makes these kids do all crazy things just to get that high.
Example

He is behaving like this because he smoked nyaope.

DRex 19 July 2020


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