Browse African Slang

Perfect hair/Dream hairstyle (Ideal hair)

Beauty shop/Styling center (Hair shop)

Same parent sibling (Partial sibling)

Dormitory head (Residence director)

Dormitory celebration week (Hall festival)

Hallelujah boy - Overly religious young man

Daily survival/No savings (Day by day living)

Extremely happy (Very joyful)

A tough or unemotional person (often a facade).

Tough experiences/Difficult times (Hard experiences)

A firm refusal (adopted from global slang).

Dry season chapped lips (Seasonal dryness)

Harmattan millionaire - Looking rich due to dusty season

Harvest collection - Church fundraising event

Annual church celebration (Religious festival)

Means to eat eagerly or devour.

Spicy millet porridge (Northern porridge)

Hausa koko run - Morning porridge hustle

Heartbreak semester - Period of many breakups

Extreme hot period (Very hot weather)

Herbal tinz (Herbal things) - Traditional medicine

Highlife classic - Traditional music reference

Hiplife grandfather - Pioneer of hiplife music

Classic artist/Pioneer (Music pioneer)

Exodus festival/Ewe celebration (Migration festival)

Very cold.

Holy Ghost fire - Spiritual power/energy

Holy water merchant - Selling blessed water

Roommate/Homeboy (Roommate)

Ga harvest festival (Traditional celebration)

Homowo festival - Ga traditional festival

Honhom pa (Good spirit) - Positive energy

Hood celebrity - Neighborhood famous person

Chorus expert (Catchy melody creator)

Hospital wahala - Hospital troubles/issues

Student accommodation (Dormitory)

Hostel mafia - Powerful group controlling hostel

Hot afternoon - Extremely hot afternoon

House breaking - Burglary

Tenant gathering/Residents meeting (House assembly)

How is it?/What's the situation? (How's it going?)

How shall we do it? (What's the plan?)

Air moisture/Wetness level (Moisture level)

To work for money

Work exhaustion/Grind tiredness (Hustle burnout)

Hustle mentality - Always working mindset

Look/see (Twi, pronounced hwe).

Nothing at all.

Asthma/Breathing problem (Respiratory issue)

Hwɛ yie (Be careful) - Warning to watch out