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Cable is an informal Kasi term for HIV & AIDS.
Example

He was sleeping around now une cable.

Brazo 05 August 2026
A racist slur used to refer to black people in South Africa. It is shortened from Kaffir.
Example

It is a crime to use the K-word in South Africa.

DRex 15 April 2021

The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo

owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
Example

Going to East London?

I’m going to Gombo

Sgasa 21 May 2025
Look up skrr skrr
Example

These days they like dating oTrap.

uCrist 01 July 2021

Nyash can be defined as something in a woman backside that make every man go crazy.
Example

Like when a lady shake the Nyash, Men can never be themselves

Jimoh sheriff 15 September 2022
University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Students who go here think they breathe flavoured air and will make sure you know it.
Example

No one:

Wits student: Wits is better than UCT but this is a conversation y'all are not ready for.

Varsity Dude 21 April 2021

Conservative, miserly, cheap or

Extreemly stingy.
Example

He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".

Oscar 24 May 2024
It's apparently a new skrr skrr way of saying dankie - which means thank you.
Example

Danko guys for coming to my party

Danny 04 May 2021

Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (about 24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of South African population.
Example

Zulu guys will hurt you big time.

Sinazo 13 April 2021
Is the sexual position where the woman goes on top of a man (AKA cowgirl).
Example

A lot of women struggle with woman on top.

Sinazo 13 May 2021


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