Browse African Slang

Skyy (Vodka)

Slack

Poésie urbaine du Bénin (Beninese slam)

Lulwimi lwa-street (Street language)

Slap chips (Soft chips)

Thick, soft French fries – the kind that are a bit soggy and oily ("slap" means "limp" in Afrikaans). These are a takeaw...

This track slaps (This song is great)

Arrasar / mandar bem (To rock it)

Slay (Excel/look good)

A guy or girl who lives lavishly and flaunts it (see *slay queen* above, “slay king” is the male equivalent).

Khanga lonkhe lusuku (Look good all day)

Slay mama wig - Expensive fashionable wig

A popular African social media term for a young woman who is glamorous and flaunts a lavish lifestyle (often funded by a...

A popular African social media term for a young woman who is glamorous and flaunts a lavish lifestyle (often funded by a...

A term popular in SA (and across Africa) for a young woman who flaunts a lavish lifestyle on social media without a clea...

Slay queen budget - Money needed to maintain a slay queen

Aspirante a reina (Slay queen wannabe)

Sleep (Go to bed)

سليب ديبرايفد - محروم من النوم (sleep deprived)

Proper rest (Sleep well)

Wake up late (Extended sleep)

سليب اوبتمايزيشن (Sleep optimization)

Sleep wake (Rest cycle)

سليبوفر، مبيت (Sleepover)

A portion/cut (money).

Kuingia DM (Enter DM)

Envoyer un message privé (Slide in DMs)

Mu slide in sama DMs (He/she slid in my DMs)

سلايد انتو دي امز (Slide into DMs)

Kusheleleza (Sliding)

Private message approach (Direct message flirting)

Mwembamba (Slim)

Mosesane ka moroalo / Combination (Slim with curves / Combination)

Viatu vya nyumbani (House shoes)

Flip-flops/Sandals (Casual footwear)

Boil

Slow (Slow/dumb)

Rencontres lentes (Slow dating)

Reduce speed (Slow down)

سلو فيد - Slow fade

Lamaody miadana / Slow fashion

Vida desacelerada (Slowed down life)

Polepole (Slow motion)

Something that harms gradually.

Slow slow (Slowly)

Careful speech (Measured words)

Slowly slowly (Very slowly)

Listen/hear

Listen to me

Excuse me