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Low key

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Kwa siri (Secretly)

"Niko low key (I'm keeping it low key)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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April 2026

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Low-key 🇿🇦 South Africa

Quietly / secretly.

"Low-key building an app."
Low-key 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Subtle, somewhat

"I'm low-key jealous"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Low key" Across Africa

This word is also used in 9 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Low-key 🇿🇦 South Africa

Quietly / secretly.
Low-key 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Subtle, somewhat
Low-key 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Bi hudo (Quietly)
Low key 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Ngendlela yemfihlo (In a secret way)
Low key 🇱🇾 Libya

لو كي (Low key / subtle)
Low key 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Discreto (Low key, discreet)
Low-key

Subtle, somewhat
Low-key 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Something wey you dey do quietly (Something you do quietly)
Low key 🇿🇲 Zambia

Quiet/humble

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