Ntshebe

Intshebe is a Nguni term for beard.


Intshebe yam iyakhula.
My beard is growing.



Brother Bernard

(noun)
The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.


Brother Bernard, this will kill me a real death.



Spani

Its a word used to replace job


I need to get a small spani just for the moment



Speke

A well shaped, clean and attractive girl


I saw a speke



Yawa

Yawa is a slang for problem or trouble.


"That girl na yawa" meaning That is trouble.



Goated

Another way of saying someone is a GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).


LeBron James is goated.



Die poppie sal dans

Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance


Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.



Chakla

To destroy, to leave in disorder or to mess up


The how y’all now chakla this room, when I bop my eyes, that how it muh be clean.



Spaza shop

An informal convenience store, usually run from home or some corner in the neighbourhood.


Go buy some bread at the spaza shop.



1818

The lethal vodka that is produced by Sminnorf.


She was downing 1818, that's why she's this drunk.




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