Hit
Example

I will slaan that oak

jordan 22 May 2025
To sell something at a discounted price.
Example

All de tinnen you selling yeh, la banjo?I am banjo-ing all my goods na

James04 23 March 2025

Jollof boys is a name given to Nigerian men in South Africa.
Example

Who drives that Range Rover.

It's owned by this other Jollof boy who works in Hillbrow.

DRex 28 September 2022
Ngqaya is a term mostly used in Cape Town that means to buy.
Example

Ekse, ndifuna ukungqaya lewey.

Ekse, I want to buy this thing.

Yanga CPT 17 May 2024

A lunchbox; a portable, usually plastic, container for food, such as Tupperware.
Also occurs as skaftien, skhafthin
Example

Plase bring a skaftin, I want to put my leftovers.

Mr Trends 06 April 2021
A popular Tswana/Sotho phrase on social media that means "I would scream". It's used as an expression when something shocking happens.
Example

Imagine if ISIS would come to South Africa. Yhuu nka screama gore.

Mbali 05 April 2021

Nyash is a big,soft and round object behind a womans back like two planets
Example

I doggy style your nyash

Ten toes 15 August 2023

012

The telephone code for Pitori. People from Pretoria usually use the code to identify themselves.
Example

I will represent 012 till I die!

DRex 06 March 2023

Currency of Rwanda (RWF) issued by the National Bank of Rwanda.
Example

The franc replaced the Rwandan franc in 1964 after independence.

Travel Admin 21 July 2025
The term Cape Flats refers to a flat, sandy stretch of land which is located on the outskirts of the city of Cape Town. It has been accurately described as the "dumping ground of apartheid" and it is here that people of colour (non-whites in "old South Africa" language) were relocated to in terms of the infamous Group Areas Act.
Example

I am from the Cape Flats where we hear gunshots every night.

LinguistZA 03 November 2022


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