Browse African Slang

BEE deal (Black empowerment deal)

Ba re (They say)

Babe (Babe)

Baby daddy (Child's father)

Baby fever (Want children)

Baby mama (Child's mother)

Baby on the way (Pregnant)

Baby shower (Pregnancy party)

Baby wa me (My baby)

Bacardi (Rum)

Bacon (Pork strips)

Badimo (Ancestors)

Badiri (Workers)

Girlfriend/Boyfriend (term of endearment from 'babe')" ("Global slang")

Baebele (Bible)

Baesekele (Bicycle)

Baileys (Irish cream)

Baki (Jacket)

Balance sheet (Financial statement)

Baloi (Witchcraft)

Bana (Children)

Bana ba motho ba kgaogana tlhogo (Children share a head)

Bash (Party)

Batho (People)

Batho ba (These people)

Batho ba ga etsho (Our people)

Exclamation for surprise/disbelief (literally “people!”) (Setswana)

Batlhophi (Voters)

Beefeater (Gin)

Beke (Week)

Bells (Scotch)

Belvedere (Vodka)

Ben 10 (Young boyfriend)

Benga (Kenya music)

Bereka (Work)

Bernini (Sparkling grape)

Bese (Bus)

Betsho (Friend/Buddy)

Better half (Partner)

Bhoza (Foreman/Boss)

Bhuti (Brother)

Biltong (Dried meat)

Bina (Dance)

Biological clock (Age pressure)

Black Cat (Peanut butter)

Black Friday (Shopping day)

Black Label (Beer)

Black sheep (Family outcast)

Blended family (Step family)

Blessed (Taken care of financially)