Cattah

A rolled piece of cloth used to balance a load carried on the head


You boh, an get cattah to tow anybody load



Spinza

Word meaning drink, any type of drink and mostly biased towards alcohol drinks.


uspinza ini? What are you drinking?



Mathapelo

Mother of prayer


Woman who pray for people



Zuka

A term we used to use back in the day to refer to the 50c coin. Ama2000 would not know it.


No one:

5 year old me: Ndicela noba yi zuka to buy sweets.



Ntshiza

intshiza is a Xhosa slang term for a gun. 


I had to give them my phone, one of them ebephethe intshiza. 



Gqwirhy

Gqirhy or gqwirhi is an informal Xhosa term used to refer to jealous or black magic tendencies.


I bought this car last month and today someone stole it. Yhu ni gqwirhy kulendawo



Lekker

South African slang word for "cool" or "nice"


I just won a bet in Betway.
Lekker bru.



Imedi

Imedi is a term, mostly used in Cape Town to refer to a girl or girlfriend.


Ndiyayithanda imedi yam bro.
I love my girlfriend bro



FLOTUS

First Lady Of The United States


Did you hear that the FLOTUS plagiarized her speech?



Angolan Kwanza

Currency of Angola (AOA) issued by the National Bank of Angola. 1 Kwanza = 100 cĂȘntimos.


The kwanza was introduced in 1977 after independence from Portugal.




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