What does Side chick mean?

Mistress For example: "Ali na side chick (He has a mistress)"

Where does the slang word Side chick come from?

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

Side chick

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Side chick definition 1

Mistress

"Ali na side chick (He has a mistress)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇿🇲 Zambia
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

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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 Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class 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 🇧🇼 Botswana

Side chick (Secret girlfriend)

Side-chick 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Side-chick (Side girlfriend)

Side chick 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Side chick (Mistress)