Yizo Yizo was a popular South African TV show in the early 2000s which showed the violence, drugs abuse and hooliganism in schools. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to watch it
Example
Did you see what Hazel did on Yizo Yizo last night?
When you are ugly as fuck.
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1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.
2. She rejected him because, cosmetically, he is challenged.
It is an intelligent person. E.g lenebari Victor is a brain box
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Lenebari Victor is a brain box
When a group of Maskandi Artists chants to see their King of Kings (Isilo) in the Maskandi genre. The current King of Kings is Dr Khangelani "DSD" “uGqoko” Mhlongo.
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Ziyahlaba izinsizwa “LUPHI UGQOKO” lwethu
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Ayicatchi idyan. A dyan doesn't catch feelings.
Nindahlule is a general Xhosa phrase meaning I'm in disbelief .
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out of disappointment : "yho hayi nindahlule"
Xhosa term for sleeping over at a boyfriend/girlfriend's place.
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Umntu wakhe uthe makatake iweekend yonke.
Her partner asked her to sleep over for the whole weekend.
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