Category: General

Mntase

Homie, Dear or Friend in a South African Xhosa language


You don't have to worry mntase, all shall be well



Anti-semitic

Hostile or prejudiced against Jewish people.


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



Kaka

Ikaka is a Xhosa term for shit or feces.


Uthetha Ikaka.
You are talking shit.



Thuvi

Ithuvi is a Xhosa slang term for shit or kaka.


Uthetha ithuvi.
You are talking shit.



Ingqithi

Ingqithi is a Xhosa custom of amputating the joint of the little finger, or of the ring finger on babies and sometimes adults.


My finger is like this because I have ingqithi.



Dagga

Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.


I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.



Drop

Drop is a Kasi term for gonorrhea (a type of STI).


He got a drop after sleeping with that girl last week.



Fit-ish

Someone who likes the idea of being fit but also likes food.


I may look fit but I regard myself as fit-ish.



Nyash

Nyash is a soft and succulent part of a woman's back side, and without nyash a lady has high risk of getting her desired man.


A nyashless woman must be plankish in structure



Jollof boys

Jollof boys is a name given to Nigerian men in South Africa.


Who drives that Range Rover.
It's owned by this other Jollof boy who works in Hillbrow.




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