Abeg

A pidgin term for "please" or "I beg".

Abeg! No waste my time!

Pumpum

Pussy

Sharon have a fat pumpum

Mzansi

The colloquial term used by us South Africans to refer to our country. It is the Zulu word for the "South" part in South Africa. The full word is Mzansi Africa.

People of Mzansi will support their own.

Samthandi

Derived from a Xhosa term "andisamthandi" which means I love him/her so much.
Context is very important when it comes to this word because it also means "I no longer love him/her".

Girl: Is that your child there
Guy: Yes, that's my baby girl.
Girl: Yhu samthandi mntkbw

Mokotjo

A Sowetan term used to identify a certain opportunistic behaviour in people. e.g. slay queens

Ngwano ke mokotjo!

Beira

Indian Ocean port city with Portuguese colonial heritage.

Beira's Macuti Lighthouse offers panoramic views of the coastline.

Diski

Kasi term that refers to soccer/football.

Everyone in my neighbourhood loves diski.

Valaza

Valaza is the nickname of Valentines Day. You know South Africans like shortening words.

I need to find a date for Valaza next year.

Anti-semitic

Hostile or prejudiced against Jewish people.

Kanye West is being canceled after he made some anti-semitic remarks.

Sbwl

Sbwl is an acronym, and slang for the Xhosa language, which originated from the South African word “ sabaweli”; the meaning of the word was, “ crave, desire, yearn or to want something”.

On social media; is meant to have been created by “gay Xhosa men “ to hide their desire for a woman's man on social media.

1. Sbwl a good man.