South Africa Slang Dictionary

South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.

Is a popular Xhosa slang which means What's going on. It's most popular in the Eastern Cape streets.
Example

Whuzet nawe nalamntana uMbali?

Lisakhanya Ndwayi 29 January 2025
Example

She has a beautiful punta

Lovejones 28 January 2025
Creatures which must be avoided by all men To live a peaceful life.
Example

“Bafazi Abanangcondo outy yami”

Andy 25 January 2025
Ozzy Rsa is Olona Mnconcoshe who lives in witbank, currently learning at zacheus malaza msta
Example

Ozzy Rsa is just a humbled boy

Unknown 24 January 2025
February 14th is Valentine's Day, a day to express love and affection. It's celebrated by exchanging gifts, and other tokens of affection. just a KAK day that I will never get to celebrate (ntozamashwa)
Example

VALENTINES IS COMING , WHERE IS YOUR BF ? YOU'RE SITTING ALONE , LONELLYYYYYYY

Annie raghu 24 January 2025
a mortuary , a cold place where deceased people are kept .
Example

unjalonje nizondibona ndiphumle eCebolethu emkhenkceni

Annie raghu 24 January 2025
Its a Xhosa word meaning lemme sleep . often used when someone is tired & they want to rest
Example

Andidinwe hayi mandilale

Annie raghu 24 January 2025
Nindahlule is a general Xhosa phrase meaning I'm in disbelief .
Example

out of disappointment : "yho hayi nindahlule"

Annie raghu 24 January 2025
It's a new word to ask a friend how he/she is doing.
Example

Ekse Bathini nigga?

Lwakhe 22 January 2025
Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from other tribes.
Example

I'm a Xhosa Dyani✓✓✓



(I'm a Hlubi/Sotho or Zulu Dyani) Hai ninganya minqundu

Lizwi 21 January 2025
New Xhosa slang word for penis. It is a variation of the Xhosa word IPipi, which means penis.
Example

Your Pifta is small

ONGEZWA 20 January 2025
Pifta is a new Xhosa slang word for Penis. It’s a different variation of the Xhosa word Pipi, which means penis.
Example

Makrwalaz: New year, new Pifta.

Themba 09 January 2025

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