Nceku

Inceku is a Xhosa term form a Man of God.


Sometimes you'd swear azithi dadobawo kwezi nceku.

UCT

University of Cape Town. People who go there and Wits will make sure that it comes up in the conversation that they go there.


No one:
UCT student: So back in UCT, blah blah blah.

Spaza

Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.


You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.

ANCYL

The youth structures of the ANC, founded during the 1940s.


I used to be a member of the ANCYL.

Ngwije

A fat woman who looks like an idiot.
She doesn't think she's full of diabetes.


The fattest woman is Ngwije.
Even God himself can't reduce her weight.

Friskay

Wild, rude, overactive, disobedient


Dis boy friskay-o

Thungisani

What this other gender say when a guy buys them a lousy streetwise 2.


He took me out yesterday, thungisani

Bathu

Bathu is a kasi slang term for shoes.


Ola boy, we see your new bathu iyababa.

Uyadika

Is a Xhosa term for "You are annoying".
It can also mean "He/She is annoying"... depending on the pronunciation.


Example 1: Don't talk to me, uyadika (you are annoying).
Example 2: I stopped talking to her because uyadika (she is annoying).

Laaitie

A younger person, especially a younger male such as a younger brother or son.


Come here my laaitie




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