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Skeem

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Skeem (Plan/Scheme)

"Ke na le skeem (I have a plan)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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August 2025

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Skeem 🇿🇲 Zambia

Friend or homeboy (like *schemer*, from Afrikaans *skelm* meaning crafty friend). Common across Southern Africa, also used in Botswana.

Skeem 🇿🇦 South Africa

Close friend crew / homie.

"That's my skeem."

🇧🇼 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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🌍 "Skeem" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Skeem 🇿🇲 Zambia

Close friend crew / homie.
Skeem 🇿🇦 South Africa

Close friend crew / homie.
Skeem 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Shamwari (Friend)

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

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