Bergie

A derogatory term, originally referred to homeless people who sheltered in the forests of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. It’s now a derogatory word for homeless people in general.


He left home now he is a bergie.



Gborku

Plenty; surplus; many


I get et gborkuWe have ri to our house gborku



During the people

Is a general term used to refer to "around people" or ween there are people present.


Imagine, they were busy kissing during the people.



Tlean

The skrr skrr way of saying clean.


Just got a new haircut. I look tlean.



East Rand

The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It includes the towns of Bedfordview, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Kempton Park, Linksfield and Modderfontein.


I grew up in the East Rand.



Dube NEW

Dube is a historic, relatively affluent residential neighborhood in Soweto, Johannesburg, established in the 1950s for the Black middle class and named after educator John Langalibalele Dube.


I was born and bred in Dube.



Ede eki

Ede Eki meaning "market day"
This language is spoken by Urhobo in Delta State Nigeria.


Today is Ede Eki , today is market day .



Mampara

An idiot; a stupid or silly person. The Sunday Times newspaper shames wrongdoers in public life with its Mampara of the Week award.


Kaizer Chiefs fans are Mamparas.



Azithi dadobawo

Is a colloquial Xhosa term for crazy or mentally disturbed.
It is mostly used as an insult.


Ingathi azithi dadobawo pha apha kuwe wena.



Groove

South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.


I miss how groove was before lockdown.




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