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DP

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Vertoon prentjie, profielfoto (Display picture, profile photo)

"Nice DP! (Nice profile picture!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

DP 🇨🇲 Cameroon

DP (Display picture)

"Your DP fine die (Your display picture is very nice)"
DP 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Foto profil (Display picture)

"Sanz ou DP (Change your DP)"

🇿🇦 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.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "DP" Across Africa

This word is also used in 9 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

DP 🇨🇲 Cameroon

DP (Display picture)
DP 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Foto profil (Display picture)
DP 🇺🇬 Uganda

DP (Display picture)
DP 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ዲፒ/የመግለጫ ምስል (Display picture)
DP 🇰🇪 Kenya

Display Picture / picha ya profile (Profile picture)
DP 🇳🇦 Namibia

Display picture / profile photo (Display picture)
DP 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Display Picture/Ifoto igaragara (Profile picture)
DP 🇿🇲 Zambia

Display picture
DP 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Display Picture (Profile photo)

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