Word of the Day [10 Jun 2026]
Phuza face
It's the face of a person who has been drinking for a long time / a drunkard. That face that looks like leather.
This person is old, can't you see that phuza face?
Jou mase gat
This is an Afrikaans swear term that directly translates to “your mother’s vagina”. It’s similar to jou mase poes.
Voetsek with your nonsense, Jou mase gat.
clever black
A sarcastic phrase used to describe a black person who thinks he is smart but whose actions perpetuate the oppression black people. Sometimes black thieving leaders and their supporters use it to try to embarrass black opponents.
Example 1
Guy 1: What happened to that radical student leader, Tshepo?
Guy 2: He became a kleva black after getting a nice job in government.
Example 2
Thieving leader: We can't take this country forward because clever blacks are blocking our efforts.
Tsotsi taal
Township meaning for slang whose direct translation means 'gangster language' 'taal' being the Afrikaans word for language. A huge contribution to this type of slang stem from South African prisons.
He came back from Pollsmoor speaking Tsotsi taal.