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Laaitie

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Laaitie (Young one)

"Laaitie o kae? (Where's the young one?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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South African slang. A child, a youngster or a person who is an inferior position to you.

""Hey Boet, pull in to the pub tonight!" "I can't china, my laaitie is at home and I've got no babysitter""
Laaitie 🇿🇦 South Africa

Young boy / youngster.

"Teach the laaitie code."

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

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🌍 "Laaitie" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Laaitie

Young boy / youngster.
Laaitie 🇿🇦 South Africa

Young boy / youngster.

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