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Skeem

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 3 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Skeem definition 1

Close friend crew / homie.

"That's my skeem."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Skeem definition 2

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

by KASINARY Admin Elder · Jul 17, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Skeem definition 3

Skeem (Plan/Scheme)

"Ke na le skeem (I have a plan)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025

Word Details

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🇿🇲 Zambia
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3 community definitions
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July 2025

↻ Similar Words

Skeem 🇿🇦 South Africa

Close friend crew / homie.

"That's my skeem."
Skeem 🇧🇼 Botswana

Skeem (Plan/Scheme)

"Ke na le skeem (I have a plan)"

🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang

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

KASINARY has 1428 Zambia 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 🇿🇦 South Africa

Close friend crew / homie.
Skeem 🇧🇼 Botswana

Skeem (Plan/Scheme)
Skeem 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Shamwari (Friend)

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