Sosh Plata refers to the customised number plate with a smaller/different font & font size, which makes it more appealing to the eye. It makes the car look cleaner & sexier. Also known as: illegal plata // Stance number plate // sosha plata.
Example

ah mfanaka ko botsa nka kreya dai Golf, fetsa kere Sosh 'plata ah ema nyana joh!"



(boy I am telling you, if I get that Golf, then put that illegal plata on it, its gonna break necks!)

Blessing • 05 April 2025
Friend or buddy.
Example

Him be my padi from school.

Africtionary AI • 26 July 2026

A buff guy / those big guys at the gym.
Example

He has become a sgora now, the gym is helping him.

Mbali • 19 March 2021
Ikula is an offensive term used to refer to Indian people.
Example

He speaks like that because he is dating ikula.

Skhokho • 16 June 2025

Igoni is a kasi slang term for a knife.
Example

The guys who robbed me was carrying igoni

DRex • 19 May 2022
A rather mysterious, if not mythical, forefather who invented circumcision as a means of passage into manhood for amaXhosa.
Example

Sibulela uSomagwaza.



We thank Somagwaza.

MXhosa • 24 April 2024

A derogatory Afrikaans slang term for a gay person. Similar to the word faggot in English.
Example

You don’t watch football? ⚽️ you might be a moffie

LinguistZA • 14 December 2022
A Xhosa term for small boy. It is generally used by older men when referring to a younger boy.
It can also be used to refer to an adult male but you need to make sure that you are not scared of that person you call kwedini.
Example

I will moer you, kwedini. Don't disrespect me like that.

Mbali • 26 April 2021

Currency of Zimbabwe (ZWL) issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Example

Reintroduced in 2019 after a decade of using foreign currencies.

Travel Admin • 21 July 2025
A term used to describe extreme poverty
Example

SAPA don hold my guy

Annie • 28 February 2022


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