Bobo

Bobo is a Liberian slang term for a deaf person or even a senseless person.


Small more, you will be bobo.



Kwaito

Music of South Africa’s urban black youth, which first emerged in the 1990s. Kwaito is a mixture of South African disco, hip hop, R&B, ragga, and a heavy dose of house music beats.


Hip Hop has taken over now, Kwaito is no longer the same.



BRB

BRB is an abbreviation for Be Right Back that is used when texting. It was mostly used during the mxit days.


BRB, have to go take a shit.



Eish

Form of exclamation used to express a range of emotions, such as surprise, annoyance, or dissapointment.


Eish, I will stop supporting Kaizer Chiefs because they are always losing.



Gabhadiya

Is a very strong person, a bosso in other words.


That man is a gabhadiya.



Bhuti

Bhuti is a Xhosa word for big brother or just to refer to an older man.


I’ll see you tomorrow, bhuti.



Nyash

Nyash is a soft and succulent part of a woman's back side, and without nyash a lady has high risk of getting her desired man.


A nyashless woman must be plankish in structure



Tunisia

A North African country with Mediterranean beaches, ancient Carthage ruins, and Arab-Berber culture.


Tunisia was the birthplace of the Arab Spring protests in 2010-2011.



Skomora

Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.


I caught my little brother eskomora.



Sthandwa

Sthandwa means “my love” or “baby”.


I love you, sthandwa.




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