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.
I'm struggling to wake up today because babalaas is nyisaring me.
Look at how she does the vosho. You can see that she is a regular at groove.
These twelebs are always plagiarising our posts and get more likes for them.
Some parts of the country call them amaKip-kip
I bought my nephews some skopas from the Spaza shop.
There's a stereotype that they grow up in very strict households but once they get their "freedom", they become very rachet.
The way she dances with that Savanna, you wouldn't believe that she is a PK.
I would rather do an unprepared speech in Afrikaans that ukujola with you.