Ai yai yai

🇿🇦 South Africa

Added August 02, 2025

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An exclamation of dismay, frustration or awe (from Afrikaans "ai" meaning oh). Drawn out like "Ai yai yai", it conveys being overwhelmed or shocked, similar to "oh my goodness" with a lamenting tone.

""Ai yai yai… this traffic is going to make me late again," Sanele sighed dramatically in the car, expressing his annoyance at the gridlock."

by Khulekani Dladla August 02, 2025

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