Nyash is a big,soft and round object behind a womans back like two planets
Example

I doggy style your nyash

Ten toes • 15 August 2023
Jollof boys is a name given to Nigerian men in South Africa.
Example

Who drives that Range Rover.

It's owned by this other Jollof boy who works in Hillbrow.

DRex • 28 September 2022

irhem is a colloquial Xhosa term mostly used by ama dyan from East London (eMonti) to refer to sex or a vagina.
Example

Bendisitya irhem izolo.

MXhosa • 12 May 2021
How are you?
Example

Muli bwanji kumeneko,How are you there?

ChIccondi • 21 July 2022

It is a word mostly used by bemba people living in Zambia Copperbelt which means coward
Example

You're a kembo

PrΓΈMise • 17 December 2023
To flee, run away, or emigrate abroad. From Yoruba "ja pa" (to run).
Example

Many youth wan japa go abroad.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026

A popular Tswana/Sotho phrase on social media that means "I would scream". It's used as an expression when something shocking happens.
Example

Imagine if ISIS would come to South Africa. Yhuu nka screama gore.

Mbali • 05 April 2021
When you are ugly as fuck.
Example

1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.

2. She rejected him because, cosmetically, he is challenged.

DRex • 16 July 2020

Hud

It's those mxit abbreviations from back in the day that means "How u doing"
Example

Guy: Hi

Girl: Hi

Guy: Hud

Girl: Gud u

Guy: Gud, wud?

Danny • 04 May 2021
In South African football, the term "plumber" is a derogatory slang used to describe a coach, often a foreign one, perceived as underperforming or lacking the intellectual or tactical acumen to succeed in the sport. It implies a coach is more suited to a trade like plumbing than managing a football team.
Example

I see Orlando Pirates just hired a plumber to replace Riveiro.

Soccer Mom • 04 July 2025


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