A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Example
Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!
To stand and be at alert or wait.
Example
Pozi for here. Meaning wait for (me) here.
Pozi make dem no loss you. Stand at alert so that you're not pickpocketed
Isibhamu somdoko is a recent viral term that means penis or dick. Isibhamu is gun and umdoko is porridge, so the whole term translates to porridge gun 🍆💦
Example
Ngimshaye ngesibhamu somdoko.
An informal way to say "babes", mostly used by Xhosa women when talking to each other or about each other.
Example
Yho beyps, the way I've been missing my Ben 10 these days.
Thuso Phala is a popular dance move that was first started by the South African soccer player named Thuso Phala.
Example
I'm learning the Thuso Phala dance.
A large working-class suburb in south-west Durban, created in the 1960s under apartheid as an Indian group area, the largest such township until the establishment of Phoenix in north Durban.
Example
Let's go see my bro in Chatsworth
is a word used as a form of being surprised nor reacting to shocking incidents.
Example
"Makhi o hlokofetsi, ijoh modimo mara!"
Pronunciation
by Bra frans
Word used to express disbelief, surprise, dissatisfaction
Example
Bathong...he really ate all those chilli's
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