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Flex

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Flex definition 1

Show off / display.

"No need to flex every purchase."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Flex definition 2

Ukukhombisa (To show off)

"Don't flex on us (Don't show off on us)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Flex 🇳🇦 Namibia

To show off; to brag casually" ("Global slang (used in Namibia)")

Flex 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Montre (Show off)

"Pa bezwen flex konsa (No need to flex like that)"

🇿🇦 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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🌍 "Flex" Across Africa

This word is also used in 25 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Flex 🇳🇦 Namibia

Exibir / ostentar (To show off)
Flex 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Montre (Show off)
Flex 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Show off
Flex 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Show off/enjoy (Show off/have fun)
Flex 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Udhur nafsak (Show off)
Flex 🇬🇭 Ghana

Show off
Flex 🇩🇿 Algeria

Show off
Flex 🇦🇴 Angola

Exibir / ostentar (To show off)
Flex 🇧🇼 Botswana

Flex (Show off)
Flex 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Flex (To enjoy/have fun)
Flex 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Se la péter (Show off)
Flex 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

Divertirse, pasarla bien (Have fun, enjoy)
Flex 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Show off (English)
Flex 🇪🇬 Egypt

فليكس - Flex/Show off
Flex 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kuzikhukhumeza (To show off)
Flex 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ፍሌክስ/መኩራት (Flex/show off)
Flex 🇬🇦 Gabon

Montrer, exhiber (To show off)
Flex 🇱🇷 Liberia

Show off/Enjoy (Display wealth)
Flex 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Ostentar, exibir (Show off, display)
Flex 🇬🇲 Gambia

Mu ngi flex (He/she is showing off)
Flex

Show off
Flex 🇳🇬 Nigeria

To enjoy and relax (To have a good time)
Flex 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kwerekana ibyo ufite (To show off)
Flex 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Mostrá/exibi (Mostrar/exibir) (Show off)
Flex 🇿🇲 Zambia

Show off

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