Browse African Slang

From French *bouleversé* (shaken), slang for someone who’s mind-blown or stunned.

Fried pastry

Coldness

Scholarship

Kiss on head

Shop/store

Internet box

Box office

Nightclub

Stay well/goodbye

Bracelet

Date pastry

Connection

To hit on

Designer label

Anyway/in short

Brick

Tanning

Tan/sunbathe

Brush

Fog

Noise

Blow-dry

Enjoy/bon appétit; said when someone eats/drinks

To your health

Onions

Money limit

Make stronger

Software bug

Office

Bureaucracy

Burger

Traditional cloak

Burnout/exhaustion

Public bus

Goal; in football

White

Beaucoup (text)

Baby/darling