Poepholl

Poephol is afrikaans for an asshole, usually used to reference to people

Jou poepholl!
Translation: you asshole

Mpesu

A name given to people of high status

Mpesu

Isibhamu somdoko

Isibhamu somdoko is a recent viral term that means penis or dick. Isibhamu is gun and umdoko is porridge, so the whole term translates to porridge gun 🍆💦

Ngimshaye ngesibhamu somdoko.

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.

Indlwabu

This is Zulu for masturbation.

Uyayishaya indlwabu mfana wami.

Tsotsi Taal

The term directly translate to "Criminal language". This is a vernacular derived from a variety of mixed languages, mainly spoken in the townships all over South Africa.

Each Kasi has its own tsotsi taal or its own way of speaking, meaning tsotsi taal from Soweto might differ from that of Pitori.

Teacher: You cannot speak that Tsotsi Taal in my class. Here we speak proper English.

Klipa

Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.

Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.

Rand

The South African currency, also called ZAR or just an "R".

I need 50 million rands for all my problems.

Nerovwo

Nerovwo mean Hear pray.

Nerovwo; nerovwo mē , here my prayer

Sondela

Sondela is a Xhosa term that means come closer.

Sondela, sthandwa, sondela.