🔤 All Uganda Slang A–Z (page 32 of 38)

Sacco

Sacco (Savings cooperative)

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Sacks

Sacks (Fired from job)

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SafeBoda

SafeBoda (App-based motorcycle taxi)

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SafeBoda app

SafeBoda app (Motorcycle app)

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Sagala

“I don’t want.” Often used jokingly even in English sentences.

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Sagala mbu

“I don’t want any ‘he said/she said’” (no excuses or gossip).

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Salunu

Salunu (Salon)

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Sandals

Sandals (Sandals)

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Sauce

Sauce (Style/Swag)

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Saved

Saved (Born again Christian)

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School fees

School fees (Tuition)

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Screen

Screen (Screen)

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Sebu/Sebo

Sir (from Luganda, respectfully addressing a male).

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Secondary

Secondary (Secondary school)

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See you

See you (See you later)

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Sekendule

Sekendule (Secondary)

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Seminar

Seminar (Seminar)

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Sendeyo

A wild random story or tall tale (from “send a yaw” maybe).

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Sente

Sente (Money)

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Sentence

Sentence (Punishment)

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Sha

Sha (Short for shafiki - friend)

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Shaati

Shaati (Shirt)

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Shafiki

Shafiki (Friend - from Swahili rafiki)

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Shallow

Shallow (Superficial)

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Shamba

Shamba (Farm - from Swahili)

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Sharp

Sharp (Smart/Good)

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She Cranes

She Cranes (Women's netball team)

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Sheebah

Sheebah (Female artist)

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Shilling

Shilling (Uganda shilling)

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Shirt

Shirt (Shirt)

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Shoes

Shoes (Shoes)

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Shooti

Shooti (Shorts)

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Short

Short (Short distance)

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Short call

Euphemism for needing to use the bathroom (to pee).

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Showmax

Showmax (Streaming)

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Si kituufu

Si kituufu (It's not true)

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Side

A place or part of town.

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Side chick

Side chick (Side girlfriend)

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Side dish

Slang for a mistress or secondary lover (borrowed from general English slang, but common in Uganda).

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Side hustle

Side hustle (Extra work)

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Siineema

Siineema (Cinema)

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