Browse African Slang

Participar / arriscar (To play / risk)

Sweatpants

Jiri khafif (Light running)

Course matinale collective (Morning group jogging)

Geography

Atividade lúdica (Game)

Jogoo/mtu mwenye kiburi (Rooster/proud person)

Nickname for an extremely large loaf of bread or bun (because John Cena is big and “you can’t see it” once you finish ea...

John Vuli Gate (Amapiano dance)

A person without a car, who has to walk everywhere (like the whisky name). (Origin: Tsotsitaal)

Johnnie Walker (Whisky)

Joie collective

Joie immense

Share taxi/Enter vehicle (Board shared taxi)

Join hands (Work together)

Join join (Keep joining)

Survivre financièrement (Make ends meet)

A place or spot (like a bar or hangout).

نكتة - Joke

نكتة ثقيلة (Heavy joke)

Comedian/Funny person (Humor person)

Fallo de traducción de chiste (Joke translation fail)

Joker man - Unserious person

Joko tea

Party or to party/have fun. Any fun event can be called a jol.

Jola (To date)

Bien, bon (Good, nice)

Séducteur (Charmer)

Très beau, attirant (Very beautiful, attractive)

Ba ba, Niger ba (Big river, Niger River)

Belle (Pretty)

Party / have fun; also "dating".

Party / have fun; also "dating".

Hardcore partygoer.

Enjoyment/Fun time (Having fun)

Jollof (Jollof rice)

Friendly competition about rice dishes

Rice seller (Jollof seller)

Disfrutar, gozar (Enjoy, have a good time)

Crevettes (Shrimp)

Wholesale

FOMO's opposite—joy of missing out.

Fool/Mugu (To be fooled)

Point de rencontre (Meeting point)

Look / check (isiXhosa).

Maîtriser le ballon (Ball control)

Passerelle (Footbridge)

Mia tano (Five hundred shillings)

Stay/stop (Somali)

From English 'job,' it means work. Often used by youth to refer to a gig or hustle