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Jive

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 16, 2025 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Jive definition 1

A problem or conflict. (Origin: Tsotsitaal)

by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 16, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Jive definition 2

Jive (Dance/Talk)

"O jive monate (You dance well)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

Word Details

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

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Jive 🇧🇼 Botswana

Jive (Dance/Talk)

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🇿🇦 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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Jive 🇧🇼 Botswana

Jive (Dance/Talk)

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