A loota continua

The looting continues.
This is a term that was first used in the 2020 covid-19 lootings that were happening in South Africa.


Covidpreneur 1: Which car are you buying with that Covid-19 money that's supposed to help your community?
Covidpreneur 2: Getting myself a G Class.
Covidpreneur 1: A loota continua



Liberia

A West African country founded by freed American slaves, with rubber plantations and recovery from civil war.


Monrovia, Liberia's capital, is named after U.S. President James Monroe.



Should of

The incorrect way of spelling "should have"


Should of known you was trouble from the first kiss.



Snxl

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.


Yho snxl kamnandi mntkbw.



Ngxaza

Ingxaza is a Xhosa slang term for pants.


“Chapha chapha chapha, amanzi ingxaza yam”



Hoezit

Slang word for "how is it". It comes from the Afrikaans term "Hoe is dit" and people just decided to change the spelling.


Man 1: Eita da, hoezit?

Man 2: Sharp hoezit da?

Man 1: Fede nja yami.



Amebo

Amebo is a Nigerian slang term used to refer to a person who likes to gossip or likes to spread gossip.


You too like amebo.
You love gossip.



Fede

Fede may be used to say "alright" or "okay" and it is mainly used that way in the southern townships of Johannesburg and many parts of Gauteng.


Fede, I'll sort it out.



Simahla

A Xhosa term that means for nothing. Free; obtained without payment or difficulty.


Buy 1 drink and get the second one simahla.



Tilili

A term Xhosa people use to refer to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. They call it lepopotane in SePitori.


Yho mntase I saw his tilili hidden in the spare wheel of his car. Caba he didn't want me to see that he uses it for his hoes.




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