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.
Did you see what Hazel did on Yizo Yizo last night?
I am from the dusty streets of Soweto.
In South Africa, if you don't have a gun, at least have an Okapi.
I will be chillaxing by the beach all day today.
Okes were having fun last night at the rugby game.
They are the same WhatsApp group with cheese boys.
1. I knew he was a skrr skrr just from the way he was dressed.
2. Skrr skrr niggas will break your heart and help you through the heartbreak then break it again.
When people zol, they put saliva on the paper and then they share that zol. But also they are moving saliva