Hayi

A Xhosa term for No.


Q: Are you hungry?
A: Hayi



Ane deng

A SePitori word meaning "something"


"Ako botse ane deng mfanaka"
"Let me tell you something buddy"



Yebo

It means "yes", but it is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative. It's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!".


Man 1: Are you gonna watch the game tomorrow?
Man 2: Yebo yes!



Shisa Nyama

Of Zulu origin, this directly translates to "burn meat". It is the Zulu equivalent to a braai. In most cases, it refers to a place that sells and "braais" meet.


Let's go braai some meat at that Shisa Nyama.



Gweja

A very offensive word that is used to refer to a foreigner.
Same as kwerekwere.


Stop calling our brothers and sisters amagweja!



Sgaxa

Isgaxa or isigaxa means Big news, like WOW, like Yhoo, like I don't believe it.


Everyday is a new sgaxa, I've run out of haibos.



Lawu

Ilawu is a very offensive term mostly used by Xhosa people to refer to Coloureds.


I saw your friend walking with elinye ilawu.



Relebohile Mofokeng

Relebohile Mofokeng, formerly known as Relebohile Ratomo is a South African football player who plays for Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana. He is also known as Cocomelon or President yama2000.


Did you see what Relebohile Mofokeng did over the weekend? 😮‍💨



Bathini

It's a new word to ask a friend how he/she is doing.


Ekse Bathini nigga?



Tsotsi taal

Township meaning for slang whose direct translation means 'gangster language' 'taal' being the Afrikaans word for language. A huge contribution to this type of slang stem from South African prisons.


He came back from Pollsmoor speaking Tsotsi taal.




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