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WYD

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 15, 2025 · 2 definitions
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WYD definition 1

What you doing

"WYD tonight?"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

WYD definition 2

What <a href="/word/you" class="internal-link" title="View definition of You">you</a> doing

"Hey <a href="/word/bae" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Bae">bae</a> wyd"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 15, 2025

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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2 community definitions
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July 2025

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WYD 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

What you doing

"WYD tonight?"
WYD

What you doing

"WYD tonight?"

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South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "WYD" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

WYD 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

What you doing
WYD

What you doing

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