Flop

Tsotsi language. Generally means a mistake or nonsense. Can be pronounced as "flop" or "flopo"


Eish ke editse flopo

I made a mistake



Ninganya

This is a swear word you use when people make fun of your disability, accident, family and kids... and people ask you to apologise for asking a simple question.


I will not apologize for speaking the truth. Ningaya!!!



Meneer Magongwa

A situation where you don't have money and you have no means of getting it.


I'm so Meneer Magongwa these days.



Skrr skrr

Are mostly ama2000 and you will see them with their weird clothes, American accent, dreads with a fade or just a clean fade and they listen to weird Hip Hop songs. They always want to be seen and are very hard to miss.
They are the same WhatsApp group with cheese boys.


1. I knew he was a skrr skrr just from the way he was dressed.
2. Skrr skrr niggas will break your heart and help you through the heartbreak then break it again.



HMU

Is an acronym mostly used in social media for hit me up (get in touch with me).


If you are looking to buy tickets, hmu.



Bafazi

Creatures which must be avoided by all men To live a peaceful life.


“Bafazi Abanangcondo outy yami”



Ekurhuleni

Ekurhuleni is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. Ekurhuleni means "place of peace" in XiTsonga.


I prefer Ekurhuleni over City of Johannesburg.



Mara

A filler word usually meaning "but"
It can be added in the beginning, middle, or the end of a sentence.


Mara why it is so expensive?
He's good looking mara he's not a good person.
Why do we have to be so broke, mara?



Yahoo boy

A guy who carries out 419 fraud on the internet (Those Nigerian prince scams).


I got scammed all my money by a Yahoo boy from Abuja.



Poni

Iponi is a term they use in Gqeberha for a guy, a gent, a bro. Sort of Mjita.


Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.




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