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The term refers to a woman or women who are identified as being available for the pleasure and entertainment of men.
Example
John vul'igate, nasi istocko.
John open the gate, we have the stocko.
South African slang term for the club, tavern, party, all the nice places.
Example
I miss how groove was before lockdown.
Form of exclamation used to express a range of emotions, such as surprise, annoyance, or dissapointment.
Example
Eish, I will stop supporting Kaizer Chiefs because they are always losing.
O jewa ke eng is a Sotho term that directly translates to "What is eating you" in English. This is a phrase that has become famous on Twitter after a user named @akreana tweeted it back in June 2019.
Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.
Example
Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.
Guy 2: I got this 20s for 2 klipa.
Not to be confused with the animal... This refers to R10 (Ten Rands). One tiger would mean R10, Two tiger would mean R20, Five tiger - R50, etc. When you get to R100, it becomes a Klipa. R200 - Two klipa, etc.
Example
We only need 3 tiger to add to the money we have and get that case of beer.
A term Xhosa people use to refer to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. They call it lepopotane in SePitori.
Example
Yho mntase I saw his tilili hidden in the spare wheel of his car. Caba he didn't want me to see that he uses it for his hoes.
A term in Sepitori that refers to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. Xhosa people call it tilili
Example
I use my lepopotane for my side chicks, and I make sure I hide it inside the spare wheel so that my main chick doesn't see it.
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