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Bathong

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 4 definitions
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Bathong definition 1

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

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Bathong definition 2

Bathong! (Oh people!/Expression of shock)

"Bathong! O dirile eng? (People! What have you done?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Bathong definition 3

Hawu/wow (Expression of surprise)

"Bathong! Wenteni? (Wow! What did you do?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Bathong definition 4

Batho ba ka / Joo (My people / Oh my)

"Bathong, ke makatsoa! (Oh my, I'm surprised!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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4 community definitions
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July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Bathong 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Hawu/wow (Expression of surprise)

"Bathong! Wenteni? (Wow! What did you do?)"
Bathong 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Batho ba ka / Joo (My people / Oh my)

"Bathong, ke makatsoa! (Oh my, I'm surprised!)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Bathong" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bathong 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Hawu/wow (Expression of surprise)
Bathong 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Batho ba ka / Joo (My people / Oh my)

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