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Sho

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Sho (Okay/Expression)

"Sho, ke tla tla (Okay, I'll come)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Sho! 🇱🇸 Lesotho

A common Sesotho exclamation (like 'wow!'). Also Ao! for surprise or 'oh no!'.

"Sho! O mphile mpho e kholo hakakang. (Wow! He gave me such a big gift.)"
Sho 🇿🇦 South Africa

Kulungile, iyavuma (Okay, agreed)

"Sho mfethu, ndiyakuva (Okay friend, I hear you)"

🇧🇼 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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🌍 "Sho" Across Africa

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

Sho! 🇱🇸 Lesotho

A common Sesotho exclamation (like 'wow!'). Also Ao! for surprise or 'oh no!'.
Sho 🇿🇦 South Africa

Kulungile, iyavuma (Okay, agreed)
Sho 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kulungile (Alright)
Sho 🇳🇦 Namibia

OK / agreement (OK / agreement)

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