What does Side chick mean?

Side chick (Secret girlfriend) For example: "Ga ke side chick (I'm not a side chick)"

Where does the slang word Side chick come from?

Side chick is a slang term from Botswana. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Botswana and across Africa.

Side chick

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang

Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition

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Side chick (Secret girlfriend)

"Ga ke side chick (I'm not a side chick)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: August 2025

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Side chick 🇳🇬 Nigeria

A mistress or the 'other woman' in a relationship – a woman who a man is seeing on the side, outside his main relationship. Also used generally for any unofficial secondary partner.

"When she see text from one Kemi, she realize say she be side chick all along. (Translation: When she saw a text from som…"

Side chick 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Secret girlfriend (Side chick)

"E get side chick. (He has a side chick.)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

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🌍 "Side chick" Across Africa

This word is also used in 16 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Side chick 🇳🇬 Nigeria

A mistress or the 'other woman' in a relationship – a woman who a man is seeing on the side, outside his main relationship. Also used generally for an…

Side chick 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Secret girlfriend (Side chick)

Side chick 🇿🇦 South Africa

Intombi yesibini (Second girlfriend)

Side chick 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Habiba tanya (Other girlfriend)

Side-chick 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Side-chick (Side girlfriend)

Side chick 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Side chick (Mistress)

Side chick 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Intombi yesibili / Umuntu ofihliwe (Second girlfriend / Hidden person)