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Catfish

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Vals profiel (Fake profile)

"Total catfish situation (Total fake profile situation)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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Catfish 🇦🇴 Angola

Perfil falso (Fake profile)

"Cuidado com catfish (Beware of catfish)"
Catfish 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fos identite (False identity)

"Atansyon catfish! (Watch out for catfish!)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Catfish" Across Africa

This word is also used in 7 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Catfish 🇦🇴 Angola

Perfil falso (Fake profile)
Catfish 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fos identite (False identity)
Catfish 🇪🇬 Egypt

كاتفيش - Catfish
Catfish 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ካትፊሽ/አታላይ (Catfish)
Catfish 🇬🇭 Ghana

Fake profile/Deceiver (Online impostor)
Catfish 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Enganar com perfil falso (Deceive with fake profile)
Catfish 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kwihimba kuri internet (To pretend online)

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