Category: General
Example
The first thing I would buy if I win the lotto is itransi.
Isgubhu is a South African slang term that initially meant music drums or a bassline before it later referred to all dance music.
Example
South Africans love any song with isgubhu
Comot is a Nigerian pidgin term that means 'go', 'leave', or 'get out!'
Example
Make we comot (Let us go out)
Comot from dia ( leave)
Comot! (Get out!)
Wahala is a Nigerian slang term that means trouble.
Example
Your wife is suspecting us, I don't want wahala.
Inkatha Freedom Party also known as IFP is a right-wing political party in South Africa. It usually challenges ANC in KZN.
The African National Congress, known as the ANC is a South African political party that is currently in power.
Example
I would rather die than to vote for the ANC thieves.
Dhloogle is a term used on X, formerly Twitter to refer to Sizwe Dhlomo’s tendency of “knowing” everything under the sun. You can ask him anything and he will have an answer. No articles, no references, just him being sure about everything.
Example
Guy 1: I just heard that in 1994, ANC won the elections but Nelson Mandela made the call to give it to the IFP for stability.
Guy 2: where did you hear that?
Guy 1: From Dhloogle.
Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.
Extreemly stingy.
Example
He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".
Ntjaka is a Sotho slang term that loosely translates to "my dog". It is used in the context of a friend (my friend).
Example
I'll see you tomorrow, ntjaka.
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