Skhebereshe

Iskhebereshe is a South African slang term for a whore or sfebe.


You need to stay away from that skhebereshe.



Mbudlu-mbudlu

Imbudlu-mbudlu is a Xhosa colloquial term for a chubby or fat person.


Did you see him, yimbudlu-middle after he got a job.



Ikati ilele eziko

This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.


Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.



Jiki jiki

Jiki jiki means all of a sudden or suddenly.


When we were growing you were dark, jiki jiki you are a yellow bone.



Skopari

A skopari is a slang term for a loan shark. It is mostly used in the Gqeberha region.


As soon as he gets paid, his money goes to iskopari.



Ayoba

Ayoba is a South African slang, which means something “cool”, “okay”, or “all right”. It was popular before the social media age but its use has declined.


Girl 1: We should go to the mall tomorrow.
Girl 2: Ayoba



Transi

Itransi is a South African kasi slang term for a car.


The first thing I would buy if I win the lotto is itransi.



Dololo

Dololo means nothing, nix, fokkol!


The way she likes talking but logic dololo.



Wetin

What


You never know wetin god has for you



Ben 10

Ben 10 is the term used to describe young males who like dating older women. In most cases, these women give these young males money on top of all the sex.


Did you hear that she got herself a Ben 10?




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