Ikaka is a Xhosa term for shit or feces.
Example

Uthetha Ikaka.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa 13 October 2022
Mfethu is a Nguni term, short for mfowethu, meaning my brother. It is generally used to refer to a man, doesn’t have to be related to you.
Example

Dankie for featuring me, mfethu.

Pronunciation
by MXhosa
MXhosa 24 July 2025

Isgantsontso is a buff person, more like a sgora.
Example

Nonsense, utsho ngoba sisgantsontso

Danny 14 June 2021
Nnyo is a Sotho term that means cunt or pussy.
Example

Ke nyaka nnyo today.

Morena 22 May 2024

Nyash is a soft and succulent part of a woman's back side, and without nyash a lady has high risk of getting her desired man.
Example

A nyashless woman must be plankish in structure

Onah Fidelis Chidera 05 October 2022
Igoni is a kasi slang term for a knife.
Example

The guys who robbed me was carrying igoni

DRex 19 May 2022

An East African country known as the 'Pearl of Africa', with Lake Victoria and mountain gorillas.
Example

Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home to nearly half the world's mountain gorillas.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.
Example

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

Sinazo 20 July 2020

ASAP is an acronym for As Soon As Possible.
Example

I need to see you ASAP.

OD 22 June 2022
The feeling of wanting to explain something and not finding the right term to do that,
Example

Eish "Alostro" mfowethu (unexplainable)

Lucas N 03 May 2022


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