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Black sheep

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 3 definitions
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Black sheep definition 1

Black sheep (Family outcast)

"Ke black sheep ya family (I'm the family black sheep)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Black sheep definition 2

Family outcast/Different one (Family rebel)

"I be the black sheep (I'm the family outcast)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Black sheep definition 3

Family outcast (Different one)

"I'm the black sheep of the family. (I'm the different one in the family.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Black sheep 🇬🇭 Ghana

Family outcast/Different one (Family rebel)

"I be the black sheep (I'm the family outcast)"
Black sheep 🇳🇦 Namibia

Family outcast (Different one)

"I'm the black sheep of the family. (I'm the different one in the family.)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Black sheep" Across Africa

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

Black sheep 🇬🇭 Ghana

Family outcast/Different one (Family rebel)
Black sheep 🇳🇦 Namibia

Family outcast (Different one)

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