Trending African Slang Words

A endearing term for the The best football club in Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club.

A South African slang term for penis

A trash can, dustbin

A Gun Dubula is a person in Kasi who carries a gun and shoots people (trigger happy).

Nelly M is the name that the recent generation / Social Media has given to former South African president, Nelson Mandela.

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Is a Xhosa term used when you don't know the name of something or the term for something. Can also be used when you don't know someone's name.

1. A person considered to be crazy. 1. Also when one has silly notions, like making fun of others.

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Another word for food (used commonly by stoners)

A South African slang term for township.

Ikari is a kasi term for a car.

These are the guys who sell alcohol during the hard lockdown, when there is an alcohol ban. They inflate their prices like crazy. You can even get an 1818 bottle for R850. They got the name because they don't care, it's either you buy at their 500% price or you leave it.

A slang term that means a white person.

Is a Xhosa term for "You are annoying". It can also mean "He/She is annoying"... depending on the pronunciation.

A Tsonga term for "his friend / her friend" that is apparently used to identify unknown soccer players by commentators. They would call all the names of the "famous" players and when they reach the unknown player, they would say mngani wa yena (his friend).

Sembi is a Xhosa social media term that means ugly or bad. Mbi in Xhosa means ugly when referring to a person and means bad when referring to a situation.

Chop rice is a Nigerian slang term that means "eat rice".