What does Lashes mean?

Valse wimpers (False eyelashes) For example: "New lashes looking good (New false eyelashes looking good)"

Where does the slang word Lashes come from?

Lashes is a slang term from South Africa. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in South Africa and across Africa.

Lashes

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Lashes definition 1

Valse wimpers (False eyelashes)

"New lashes looking good (New false eyelashes looking good)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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

↻ Similar Words

Lashes 🇱🇾 Libya

لاشز (Lashes)

"False lashes (فولس لاشز) (False lashes)"

Lashes 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Rumush (Eyelashes)

"Lash extensions (Lash extensions)"

🇿🇦 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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🌍 "Lashes" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Lashes 🇱🇾 Libya

لاشز (Lashes)

Lashes 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Rumush (Eyelashes)

Lashes 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Eyelash extensions (Eyelash extensions)

Lashes 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ijisho ry'impeke (Fake eyelashes)

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