I'm not with it
Example

You want me to sacrifice my time for something that won't work out? Andizi shame

Manana 09 October 2021
A Northeast African country on the Red Sea with Italian colonial architecture and recent independence.
Example

Asmara, Eritrea's capital, is known for its well-preserved Italian modernist buildings.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

A fictitious story or a tale. Like those tales you'd hear about from parents/teachers/friends or read when you were younger.
Example

"A man and his daughter were walking in the forest..."
Welele... inganekwane!

DRex 10 August 2022
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.

Mr Trends 21 July 2020

A Central African country with diverse geography, cultures, and languages, often called 'Africa in miniature'.
Example

Cameroon's national football team is nicknamed the Indomitable Lions.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
This is a Kasi term for a very attractive lady.
Example

Dai girl li shambula 🔥

CG 16 February 2023

21:01 is a term that is used to refer to an after 9 - a secretly gay person.
Example

I have so many stories about the 21:01 gang.

Chief 23 May 2025
When you are ugly as fuck.
Example

1. He couldn't get that girl because he is cosmetically challenged.

2. She rejected him because, cosmetically, he is challenged.

DRex 16 July 2020

Are mostly ama2000 and you will see them with their weird clothes, American accent, dreads with a fade or just a clean fade and they listen to weird Hip Hop songs. They always want to be seen and are very hard to miss.

They are the same WhatsApp group with cheese boys.
Example

1. I knew he was a skrr skrr just from the way he was dressed.

2. Skrr skrr niggas will break your heart and help you through the heartbreak then break it again.

Mr Trends 10 November 2020
Ayeye In some Southern African languages (e.g., Xhosa), it can mean "you're in trouble".
Example

Ayeye! The game is about to start!

tammy 11 August 2025


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