Toasting
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The act of chatting up or flirting with someone you like, usually with confidence you do not fully have.
Example
"He was toasting her all through break."
Pronunciation
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This is what educated people call "knock knees". When a person is standing and his/her knees (madolo) are touching (kissing).
It can also be called a kiss kiss.
It can also be called a kiss kiss.
Example
He can't run because he has kiss madolo.
Sheleni is a slang term for R0.10 (ten cents).
Example
I'm so broke I don't even have isheleni under my name.
A spicy vegetable dish traditionally served as a sauce or relish with bread, pap, samp, stews or curries
Shona slang that generally refers to Zimbabweans, particularly in a playful or informal manner. It’s derived from the term “Zimbabwe,” and is often used to describe Zimbabwean people as a group.
Example
someone might say, “Mazimba anoda kuenda kuJoni”—meaning, “Zimbabweans like going to Johannesburg” (often for work or business). The term is typically not derogatory but can carry a sense of national pride or identity in informal conversation.
A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity.
Example
"there is a need for understanding not vengeance, ubuntu not victimization"
A derogatory term, originally referred to homeless people who sheltered in the forests of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. It’s now a derogatory word for homeless people in general.
Example
He left home now he is a bergie.
Mamboyi is a colloquial term for alcoholic beverage, Old Buck.
Example
I only drink Mamboyi when I’m in the bundus.
Mgqumeni was a legendary South African Maskandi musician, producer, and singer widely regarded as one of the kings of Zulu traditional folk music.
Example
I’m listening to some Mgqumeni’s songs.
Example
I'm coming from Rankuwa.
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