Ithuvi is a Xhosa slang term for shit or kaka.
Example

Uthetha ithuvi.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa • 13 October 2022
Sibeko is a term that has been used to refer to a drunkard. This is due to a character from the famous South African sitcom, Emzini wezinsizwa, who was always drunk.

Now Sibeko is synonymous for drunkard.
Example

Why did you give him money, don't you know he's a Sibeko?

MXhosa • 17 October 2021

It is a Hybrid-Kinyarwanda word to mean Milk.

It was invented by RCA boys in around 2022 due to a great increase in the love and desire for milk.
Example

I need Umukamo right now .

T-Ruda is a great milk of all time.

KEEN • 07 November 2023
In Sepitori, dese means good, beautiful... anything great. You may use it to say you are good at something or even use it to say you are beautiful.
The "Ke" in front stands for "I" or "I am"
Example

Ke dese ka diski unlike Bafana Bafana players.

Mr Trends • 15 April 2021

It is the Nigerian pidgin word for Penis
Example

Davido's gbola is too big.

Idoghor Melody • 23 April 2023
Tsek is a shortened version of Voetsek, an insulting dismissal or exclamation of disgust.
Example

Tsek wena, I don't want to talk to you.

MzansiEdits • 28 April 2025

Also known as babalaas is hangover.
Example

Stlamatlama is killing me today.

Sinazo • 12 April 2021
Xhosa plural for stratagems. It is actually just amatile. Singular is itile. The ti is pronounced like English tea and le as in French. From the Sanskrit kutila which appear in Xhosa as ukutila.
Example

My car broke down on the way, I had to make amatile-tile to get here.

Sgasa • 21 May 2025

Stomach or belly; also pregnancy.
Example

Hunger dey tear my belle.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026
A figurative term used by South African students when they plan to create a WhatsApp group and share test questions.
Example

Ukhona umjondolo osuvuliwe bahlali? Phela ziyakhala k'sasa

José Sidney • 01 November 2022


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