A West African country known as the birthplace of voodoo, with historical kingdoms and growing cotton industry.
Example
We studied the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey in what is now modern Benin.
Derived from Xhosa term "Andisenxile" which means I am so drunk. It is mostly used by girls on social to indicate that they've had too much to drink.
Can also be spelled as senxl.
Can also be spelled as senxl.
Example
Yho snxl kamnandi mntkbw.
Example
Masambe siye eKhaltsha, mfowethu.
Also known as S'Pitori, is the language spoken by native people of Pretoria (Pitori). It is a combination of Pedi and Tswana, with a bit of Tsotsi taal.
Example
I speak a bit of Tswana plus sepitori.
Another slang term for South Africa, mostly used in Social Media.
Example
Twitter post caption: It can only be South Ah
A term used by RCA students especially Year 2 to mean the fruits that they nowadays eat every Friday because of a certain student who asked for them (Joric). They never believed that it could actually happen.
Example
Dusigaye dusinzira muri Java kubera utujoric two ku wa gatanu.
Covidpreneurs are those dodgy tenderpreneurs who loot the government money intended for Covid-19 tenders. They register dodgy businesses and win tenders but they either not deliver at all or they deliver below par results.
Example
Deals that are believed to be worth more than R2.2bn, involving emergency purchases of personal protective equipment (PPE) are being said to be chowed by Covidpreneurs.
Is a South African term that means do what you must / do what you have to do.
This is a term used to refer to someone who smokes nyaope.
Example
These nyaope boys would kill you for R5.
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