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Pre-drinks

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 5 definitions
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Pre-drinks definition 1

Pre-drinks (Before party drinks)

"Re dira pre-drinks ko ntlung (We're doing pre-drinks at home)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Pre-drinks definition 2

Kuphuza ngaphambi kokuphuma (Drinking before going out)

"Pre-drinks ticala ngo-8 (Pre-drinks start at 8)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Pre-drinks definition 3

Before party drinking (Pre-party alcohol)

"Pre drinks for my place (Pre-party drinking at my place)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Pre-drinks definition 4

Pombe kabla ya kuenda club (Drinks before clubbing)

"Tufanye pre-drinks kwanza (Let's do pre-drinks first)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Pre-drinks definition 5

Ho noa pele ho pati / Tlhahiso (To drink before party / Preparation)

"Pre-drinks li ha Thabo! (Pre-drinks are at Thabo's!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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5 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Pre-drinks 🇿🇦 South Africa

Ukuphuza ngaphambi kokuphuma (Drink before going out)

"Pre-drinks at my place (Pre-party drinks at my place)"
Pre-drinks 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kuphuza ngaphambi kokuphuma (Drinking before going out)

"Pre-drinks ticala ngo-8 (Pre-drinks start at 8)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Pre-drinks" Across Africa

This word is also used in 7 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Pre-drinks 🇿🇦 South Africa

Ukuphuza ngaphambi kokuphuma (Drink before going out)
Pre-drinks 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kuphuza ngaphambi kokuphuma (Drinking before going out)
Pre drinks 🇬🇭 Ghana

Before party drinking (Pre-party alcohol)
Pre-drinks 🇰🇪 Kenya

Pombe kabla ya kuenda club (Drinks before clubbing)
Pre-drinks 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho noa pele ho pati / Tlhahiso (To drink before party / Preparation)
Pre-drinks 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kunywa mbere y'ibirori (Drinking before party)
Pre drinks 🇿🇲 Zambia

Before party drinks

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