Also known as Matric Farewell - Is when grade 12 (last year of high school) learners have one final formal function, often followed by parties, underage drinking and bad decisions. Each school usually has its own dance and pupils usually come with a date and wear expensive suits and dresses.
Americans would call it prom
Americans would call it prom
Example
I don't know who I am going to take to the Matric Dance.
People who are extremely ignorant, yet simultaneously extremely arrogant.
Example
He thinks he knows more than scientists, he is very agnorant.
Hammer
NEW
To become suddenly rich or hit a big financial break.
Example
Since he hammer, he don change car.
The ability to not stop yourself from indulging in minge (nyash).
Example
Mono is affected by Nyashilitis
Nongendi is a Xhosa word/name for a nun. It directly translates to βone who cannot get marriedβ.
Example
Usisi wam nguNongendi.
My sister is a nun.
A racial slur that was (and still) used by racist whites to refer to black people in South Africa.
Example
She got arrested for calling black protester kaffir.
This is the premium air that people from Pitori think they breathe, while the rest of the world breathes normal air.
Example
Pretorians like to think they breathe flavoured air
Example
I can't date you cause you know I have a 560.
A baSotho/Tswana term for Balls (As in testicles, not a soccer ball).
Example
O boa marete saan
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