Category: General

Country: South Africa

With immediate effect

If you say that something will happen with immediate effect or with effect from a particular time, you mean that it will begin to apply or be valid immediately or from the stated time.

No one:

Cyril Ramaphosa: The sale of alcohol is suspended with immediate effect!

by Mr Trends, 12 July 2020

Country: South Africa

Ubuntu

A quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity.

"there is a need for understanding not vengeance, ubuntu not victimization"

by Chief, 11 July 2020

Country: South Africa

Yizo Yizo

Yizo Yizo was a popular South African TV show in the early 2000s which showed the violence, drugs abuse and hooliganism in schools. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to watch it

Did you see what Hazel did on Yizo Yizo last night?

by Mr Trends, 11 July 2020

Country: Nigeria

Maga/Mugu

A term used to describe someone regarded as a fool or someone who is very gullible or being conned

My maga promise me hundred thousand Naira

by Adeola, 11 July 2020

Country: South Africa

The Rona

A term your Skrr skrr kids use to refer to covid-19 (Coronavirus).

Skrr skrr 1: Don't come too close to me without a mask, fam.

Skrr skrr 2: Why, you think I have The Rona?

by Mr Trends, 11 July 2020

Country: Nigeria

Gbosa

An action word which means to punch or slap, but can be as well used to refer to the sound made when someone or something is being punched.

I go give you gbosa for head.

by Adeola, 11 July 2020

Country: South Africa

Lekker

An Afrikaans word that has multiple meanings and which can be used in various contexts to describe many things from people to food to inanimate objects. It is used to convey the meaning of great, delicious, nice or fun. Make sure to roll the ‘r’ when pronouncing the word.

That new movie is lekker!

That bunny chow was lekker!

I’m lekker, bru!

by Chief, 10 July 2020

Country: South Africa