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.
1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.
2. She rejected him because, cosmetically, he is challenged.
1. I've been living on pap and atchaar because I'm financially deceased.
2. I can't pay you this week, I am financially deceased.
Let's go buy some beer and some meat for tonight's braai.
Let's grab some biltong before we watch the game.
Banyana Banyana is the best women's soccer team in Africa, unlike Bafana Bafana.
Even Banyana Banyana can beat your beloved Bafana Bafana.
No one:
Cyril Ramaphosa: The sale of alcohol is suspended with immediate effect!
Tonight, we deserve to have braai and celebrate the great year we've had
Chomie, I got this new iPhone from my Blesser.
"there is a need for understanding not vengeance, ubuntu not victimization"