Gbedu
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Music, especially a hard-hitting danceable beat.
Example
Turn up the gbedu, make we dance.
Dagga is another term for marijuanna or weed.
Example
No one:
Parents: You are failing because of the dagga you are smoking.
Japa
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To flee, run away, or emigrate abroad. From Yoruba "ja pa" (to run).
Example
Many youth wan japa go abroad.
Tsek is a shortened version of Voetsek, an insulting dismissal or exclamation of disgust.
Example
Tsek wena, I don't want to talk to you.
Impimpi is a South African term for a snitch.
Example
Impimpi used to be burnt during the apartheid days.
A person with a pure soul and a golden heart ❤️
Example
She went to umfana today, she is not coming back.
Mkhuluwa is a Xhosa term for older brother. It can also be used as a respectful way of addressing an older man.
Example
Let’s go out, mkhuluwa.
Example
I hate my ex girlfriend. Lol xokshame.
A figurative term used by South African students when they plan to create a WhatsApp group and share test questions.
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