Ukuqabula is an informal Xhosa term for taking out babalaas. Basically the act of drinking the morning after a heavy night of drinking.
Example

I'm dying from babalaas now, ndifuna ukuqabula.

MXhosa 27 September 2022
meaning shit that comes out of your anus (ndunu)
Example

have uyishlama wena.(you are shit)

siyaphuma ishlama lapho.(is the shit coming out there)

anonymous 25 April 2022

A Xhosa term for "It's so obvious". It is mostly used when someone asks something that is very obvious.
Example

Girl 1: I know it's lockdown, but are you really going to buy a Smirnoff 1818 for R500?

Girl 2: Ayisecace mntase

Sinazo 20 July 2020
A broke person
Example

You are just "mmege" you have no single cent

Murendeni Lifeline 30 August 2024

These Cameroonian,male or female who are specialized in the act of scamming
Example

Pablo is a nges boy

Rambo 15 August 2022
Is a Xhosa term for "You are annoying".
It can also mean "He/She is annoying"... depending on the pronunciation.
Example

Example 1: Don't talk to me, uyadika (you are annoying).

Example 2: I stopped talking to her because uyadika (she is annoying).

MXhosa 11 May 2021

How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
Example

No one:



Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.

Yanga CPT 02 July 2025
Inyanga is mostly a traditional herbalist and does not usually perform rituals that are common to those that a Sangoma performs.
Example

I went to see Inyanga when I was not feeling well.

Mr Trends 09 June 2021

Female genital parts



Vageen
Example

It's valentines, oto ka kwata otebe ano?

Toptop 14 February 2022
Intusi sisithetha-ntonye sobisi. Intusi is Milk in isiXhosa dialect.
Example

Intusi yesizwe isengwa ezinkomeni zelali.

Khingh 21 September 2025


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