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Street smart

🇬🇭 Ghana Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Street smart definition 1

Practical wisdom/Real world intelligence (Street intelligence)

"Book smart and street smart (Academic and practical intelligence)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Street smart definition 2

Street smart - Streetwise intelligence

"Book smart but no be street smart (Academic but not streetwise)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇬🇭 Ghana
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Street smart 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Malin de la rue (Street smart)

"Être street smart (Be street smart)"
Street smart 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Wise to streets (Street smart)

"E street smart well. (He's very street smart.)"

🇬🇭 About Ghana Slang

Ghanaian slang reflects the country's diverse ethnic tapestry. Akan, Ewe, and Ga languages fuse with English to create Pidgin expressions and Afrobeats-influenced street terms.

KASINARY has 1934 Ghana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Street smart" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Street smart 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Malin de la rue (Street smart)
Street smart 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Wise to streets (Street smart)
Street smart 🇲🇷 Mauritania

ذكي الشارع (Street smart)
Street smart 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ስትሪት ስማርት/የጎዳና ጠቢብ (Street smart)
Street smart 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Hood wise (Hood wise)

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