Gawula

Is A South African slang term for food or eating.


The only thing I want now yi gawula.



Mokotjo

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


Ngwano ke mokotjo!



Tuks

Another name (Nickname) for the University of Pretoria, South Africa.


I got rejected at Tuks so I will apply at TUT.



Jollofina

A name given to a brave South African woman dating or sleeping with a Nigerian man mostly for money and other materialistic things.


She can afford her lifestyle because she's dating jollof boys.



Waya waya

Waya waya is a widely used term in South Africa that means "all the time".


He's always telling lies waya waya.



Simahla

A Xhosa term that means for nothing. Free; obtained without payment or difficulty.


Buy 1 drink and get the second one simahla.



Ow

Ow is a term Xhosa girls use to refer to a boyfriend.


Ngeyam i-Ow, ndingalwa ndibebomvu.



Izinza

Is a Xhosa term for pubic hair.


Voetsek utsho ngezinza ezibomvu.



Nyamao

A baSotho/Tswana swear word that means your mother's cunt. In Xhosa it would be msunu kanyoko.


"Utlwella Aka Thellwa, Nyamao" - 25k, Culture Vulture



Lekgowa

A Sotho term that means a white person.


Ke tshwere stocko sa lekgowa.




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