Cherry

Cherry is a Kasi term to refer to a girl/female. It can also be used to refer specifically to a girlfriend


Ndikhumbula icherry yam ngoku.

Gqolo

igqolo is a Xhosa term for a stingy person.


Did you expect a trip to Durban but you know you are dating igqolo.

Intsomi

Intsomi is a Xhosa term for a tale. Those stories our grandparents used to tell us when we were young.


Hayi yintsomi, Hayi yi film.

Kganthe why?

It's a combination of two words, Sepedi and English, by Mogau Samson Leagathoko Malepe asking someone to rephrase their statement, or tell, "I don't vibe with you" or "I don't follow".


"Bra, I've been looking for you all-over, where did you dissappear to?"
MSL Malepe: "Kganthe why?(with an annoyed lookalike face)"

Agware

The meaning of Agware is meeting , an occasion where more than one person's meet for an important discussion


Let's schedule a time for our Agware

Mjondolo

A figurative term used by South African students when they plan to create a WhatsApp group and share test questions.


Ukhona umjondolo osuvuliwe bahlali? Phela ziyakhala k'sasa

dada

Being selfish or being flashy


We cant go out with him because ano dada

Yena aya kwini

A Tsonga term that means "Where was he going", mostly used on social media when someone maybe gets hurt when doing something they were not supposed to do in the first place.


Girl 1: She broke up with that Xhosa guy, apparently he was trash.
Girl 2: I told her to stay away from Xhosa people. Yena aya kwini?

blikkie

A tin can.


Pass us the blikkie, bru.

impundu

One thing that makes men go crazy


Ndizthandela nje impundu
iDyan ayinophila uba ayityi mpundu



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