Kwaai

🇿🇦 South Africa
Added July 17, 2025
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Literally 'angry' in Afrikaans, but slang-wise it means 'cool,' 'excellent' or 'rad.' Calling something kwaai in Namibia is high praise
"Jy't daai song gehoor? Dis kwaai, neh! (Have you heard that song? It's dope, right!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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Cool / awesome / fierce.
"That design is kwaai."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 02, 2025
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Literally “angry” in Afrikaans, but slang usage means **excellent or cool**.
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · July 17, 2025
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Ho halefa / Ho ba mobe (To be angry / To be mean)
"Mme o kwaai kajeno! (Mom is angry today!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Ohali ningi omukili / angry or cool (Angry or cool)
"My father was kwaai when I came late. (My father was angry when I came late.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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