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jiki jiki

Suddenly/quickly and unexpectedly.

jiki jiki, a gusheshe came hurtling round the corner.

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dese

Used in saying someone or something done is cool. It also depends on how you say what you are trying to say.

O dese!- Your cool/ You are cool!
E dese!- Its cool!

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Skoli

Skoli is a term mostly use in Cape Town that means a thief.

You should be careful when walking here, there's a lot of skolis.

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Touba

Holy city of Mouride Sufism with the Great Mosque of Touba.

Touba's Grand Magal pilgrimage attracts over 2 million visitors annually.

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Umgidi

In Xhosa culture, umgidi is the ceremony that's done to celebrate a boy or boys (mkhwetha) coming back from the mountain (initiation school).

I can't wait to attend umgidi ka Boy

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ode

dunse untrained

that boy is an ode

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Ngamla

A slang term that means a white person.

That guy is always chilling with a ngamla.

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Bergie

A derogatory term, originally referred to homeless people who sheltered in the forests of Cape Town’s Table Mountain. It’s now a derogatory word for homeless people in general.

He left home now he is a bergie.

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Dintshang

What's going on, what's up

Hey, dintshang?

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Lepopotane

A term in Sepitori that refers to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. Xhosa people call it tilili

I use my lepopotane for my side chicks, and I make sure I hide it inside the spare wheel so that my main chick doesn't see it.

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