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Shem

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Shem (Shame/Sorry)

"Shem, sorry gore o tshwerwe ke stress (Shame, sorry you're stressed)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Shem 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Short for shemeji, meaning brother-in-law/sister-in-law, often used flirtatiously for someone’s attractive sibling or even just playfully for a friend’s partner.

Shem 🇿🇦 South Africa

Expression of pity/affection.

"Shem, he tried his best."

🇧🇼 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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🌍 "Shem" Across Africa

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

Shem 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Expression of pity/affection.
Shem 🇿🇦 South Africa

Expression of pity/affection.

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