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Fanagalo

Fanagalo or Fanakalo is an informal language mainly spoken in mines across South Africa. It is composed of frequently corrupted elements of the Nguni languages, English and Afrikaans.

I knew they were Zama zamas because I heard them speaking Fanagalo.

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Rha

Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for ‘ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say ‘rha’.
Synonym; sies

*sees something very disgusting*
Me: Rha

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Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a Low Franconian West Germanic language descended from Dutch and spoken mainly in South Africa and Namibia. 

I would rather do an unprepared speech in Afrikaans that ukujola with you. 

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Inja

Inja is a Nguni term for a dog.

Lo mjita yinja. This guy is a dog.

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icatchile idyan

This means that the dyan has caught feelings.

I can't believe icatchile idyan.

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Dlozi

Idlozi is a Zulu term for Ancestor.
Plural: Amadlozi

I'm grateful for idlozi lami

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Mxit

Mxit was a popular South African social media platform before the times of WhatsApp.
That's what we used to get girls back in the day.

Niggas had a girlfriend in every province during the Mxit days 🤣

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Chiller

A chiller is the name given to a diehard fan of the popular South African podcast called Podcast and Chill with MacG.
Plural: Chillers

I never miss an episode of Podcast and Chill because I'm a true Chiller.

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Nkawza

Kasi term for cigarette.

Buy me some nkawza.
skyf nkawza da.

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Howzit

Common South African greeting that translates roughly as “How are you?”, “How are things?” or just “Hello”. It is derived from “How is it?”

Ola my bro, howzit there?

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