Word of the Day [20 Jan 2026]

Fokkerkie

Fokkerkie is basically a small fokker

Daai Steve is OK maar 'n fokkerkie
Translation: that guy Steve is a real small fuck

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Mntkbw

Xhosa term derived from Mntakabawo which directly translates to "My dad's child". This term doesn't necessarily refer to someone you are related to. It can be used to refer to a friend or any random person.

I'm so tired mntkbw.

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7 Colours

A meal that is generally cooked on Sundays in many households across Mzansi. It is coined as 7 colours because it comprises a lot of colourful ingredients; a mix of vegetables, starch and meat that make up various colours.

I went home last weekend and my highlight was the 7 colours oledi cooked.

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Bliksem

To hit someone to a pulp.

Don't try me, I will bliksem you.

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Sgora

A buff guy / those big guys at the gym.

He has become a sgora now, the gym is helping him.

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1818

The lethal vodka that is produced by Sminnorf.

She was downing 1818, that's why she's this drunk.

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Born-free

In South Africa, a born-free is anyone who was born after 27 April 1994 (Freedom day).

You born-frees don't know anything about struggle.

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Luxor

Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.

Luxor's Karnak Temple complex covers over 200 acres.

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Skelm

A Skelm is a South African term for a tsotsi, rascal, thief, crook, all the baf things.

Get out of here, you skelm.

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Tight Nyansh

Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.

He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".

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Tswape

A tswape is a South African term for a massive wedgy (when your underwear is stuck between your butt cheeks).

I had a tswepe during the people and I was so embarrassed to remove it.

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