Ndambo

Ndambo (Noun): is dollars ($) inflow, giving massively and changing narratives.

Ndambolist (Noun): is a person who turns others into millionaires and changer of narratives.

Ndambolisation (Verb): the process of turning others into instant millionaires and giving massively.

Ndambology (Noun): the scientific study of Ndambo.

Ndambolize (Verb): the joy of being turned into an instant millionaire.


Ollus ndambolized his mother before marrying the woman of dreams



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!”



Danko

It's apparently a new skrr skrr way of saying dankie - which means thank you.


Danko guys for coming to my party



Alostro

A SePitori term for nyaope withdrawal symptoms.
Drugs/Nyaope cravings.


Others are having alostro because of lockdown.



amatile-tile

Xhosa plural for stratagems. It is actually just amatile. Singular is itile. The ti is pronounced like English tea and le as in French. From the Sanskrit kutila which appear in Xhosa as ukutila.


My car broke down on the way, I had to make amatile-tile to get here.



Bundle of joy

A bundle of joy is a toddler or a small child.
The term was populirized on social media when mothers posted pictures of their children with the caption "My bundle of joy".


These bundle of joys should go back to school full time. There's no peace when they are around the house all day.



Broer

South African slang word for brother, directly derived from the Afrikaans language


You peep that broer over there? He makes nca music!



Coloureds

Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.


Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.



Hule

Ihule is another Xhosa term for a whore or sfebe.
Plural: Amahule


yhu lihule usisi wakho.



Bottle Kop

A bottle kop is a broken glass bottleneck that is used to smoke weed like a pipe.


I'm tired of this rolled weed, let's use a bottle kop.




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