Makarapa

A plastic miner’s helmet cut, moulded and painted to make headgear worn by fans at football matches.


I used to wear makarapa when I went to watch the game.



Ukutya

Ukutya is the Xhosa formal term for food.


Ndifuna ukutya kwam.
I want my food



Lagos

Nigeria's commercial hub and Africa's most populous city, known for its vibrant energy.


Lagos' Lekki Free Zone is transforming Nigeria's industrial landscape.



Dyco

An aura having a frame of mind that will last a lifetime, has epiphany


Tell Dyco to come and do the greats he always does



Toto

Toto means Pusy


See how this girl open her toto down



S’ting ting

A useless person or thing. A breathing object


He is not someone who can help you yis’ting- ting.

You can only rob a s’ting ting



Skoon

Having sex without a condom.


I'm going in there skoon baba.



South Ah

Another slang term for South Africa, mostly used in Social Media.


Twitter post caption: It can only be South Ah



Thabo

One of the most popular name in textbook examples. This is the guy who always buy a lot of unnecessary things in the textbook.


No one:

Maths textbook: Thabo bought 20 watermelons and 16 condoms, how many cousins does Thabo have?



Ama2000

Anyone born from the year 2000 to 2009. The other word for AMA2000 is AMA2K


Someone saying something about a 2K/2000: “Ama2000 don’t know their home languages.” or “Ama2K love listening to amapiano.”




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