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Borga

Borga is a Ghanaian slang used to describe a man who just returned from overseas. Usually such a man dresses flamboyantly with chains and rings.

“My brother has just returned from overseas.”

“Oh nice. The borga has landed!”

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Gwababa

Fear of women, especially beautiful women.

This one can't talk to women, akere he has gwababa.

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Ingwe

Ingwe in a Xhosa and Zulu word for a leopard.

Ingwe idla ngamabala.

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Marete

A baSotho/Tswana term for Balls (As in testicles, not a soccer ball).

O boa marete saan

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Afrikaans

South African language, developed out of the Dutch spoken in the country since the first Dutch East India Company settlement in the Cape, established in 1652. Afrikaans was considered a dialect of Dutch – known as “Cape Dutch” – until recognised as a language in the late 19th century. From the Dutch for “African”.

They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.

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Plug

plug is a word used by Xhosa people that means HIV & AIDS

yho njayam lawei ine plug

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Nyash

Nyash is that soft , big and round backside of a woman

Chioma nyash is soft

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Faa

"'Faa' is a borrowed word used for emphasis, originating from Hausa. It is often used at the end of expressions by Yoruba speakers with a Hausa background or origin. This phenomenon is particularly common among Yoruba people in Ilorin and Kogi.

Máa na faa= I will beat you.

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Gweja

A very offensive word that is used to refer to a foreigner.
Same as kwerekwere.

Stop calling our brothers and sisters amagweja!

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Pipe

South African
slang commonly used in a Hip-Hop context for Hookah Pipe or “Hubbly-Bubbly”

Hade Broer, can you skyf pipe there?

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