K-leg is a Nigerian Pidgin term for when a situation or topic is either suspicious or untrue.
Example

You sure of dis tin wey you dey talk so? Dis matter get k-leg.

Adeola 08 December 2022
What's going on, what's up
Example

Hey, dintshang?

Thusanang Kennedy 21 July 2023

Touchline Operator, MBUZI.
One feels pressure when he is around
Example

“Dai man ke GAETZ“

letlhogonolo 09 June 2021
To claim you can do something, or you can do it better.
Example

Wena awitsi selo wa're tempela fela.

Mr Trends 19 November 2021

The weakest soccer team in Africa and the rest of the world.
Example

Even Banyana Banyana can beat your beloved Bafana Bafana.

Mr Trends 15 July 2020
A Sowetan term used to identify a certain opportunistic behaviour in people. e.g. slay queens
Example

Ngwano ke mokotjo!

snack_rsa 21 October 2021

It is a word mostly used by Afrikaans speaking people that means friend or brother, depending on the context.
Example

Listen here, boet. I will moer you.

Sinazo 05 May 2022
A Zulu pronunciation of "manager".
It can also mean you are standing with a dog.
Example

No one:
Zulu guy: My friend is now a menenja at Transnet.

DRex 10 May 2021

O jewa ke eng is a Sotho term that directly translates to "What is eating you" in English. This is a phrase that has become famous on Twitter after a user named @akreana tweeted it back in June 2019.
Example

Friend 1: Why are you so down, o jewa ke?

Friend 2: Eish my friend, my boyfriend has been cheating on me with that slut from Pitori.

Mr Trends 26 July 2020
Music of South Africa’s urban black youth, which first emerged in the 1990s. Kwaito is a mixture of South African disco, hip hop, R&B, ragga, and a heavy dose of house music beats.
Example

Hip Hop has taken over now, Kwaito is no longer the same.

DRex 05 May 2021


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