A South African dance where the person squats and kicks at the same time. It is one of the most popular dances in South Africa.
Example
Look at how she does the vosho. You can see that she is a regular at groove.
Example
We drank way too much yesterday, ndiyafa yi bhabhalaza.
Gqirhy or gqwirhi is an informal Xhosa term used to refer to jealous or black magic tendencies.
Example
I bought this car last month and today someone stole it. Yhu ni gqwirhy kulendawo
A twitter celebrity who usually has a lot of followers.
Example
These twelebs are always plagiarising our posts and get more likes for them.
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.
Example
He came back from Pollsmoor speaking Tsotsi taal.
Deragatory slang which means to have sexual intercourse, bang .
Example
my Gee, Tommorow my chick will be visiting me, I can't wait to Ashkarine The Banganoy.
The moment Sunday stops feeling like a Sunday and the anxiety of Monday kicks in.
Example
It’s starting to feel like Smonday now 😭
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 lunchbox; a portable, usually plastic, container for food, such as Tupperware.
Also occurs as skaftien, skhafthin
Also occurs as skaftien, skhafthin
Example
Plase bring a skaftin, I want to put my leftovers.
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