Rankuwa

Is the slanh term for Ga-Rankuwa, a township in Tshwane/Pitori.


I'm coming from Rankuwa.



Gugulethu

Gugulethu is a township in Western Cape, South Africa and is around 20km from Cape Town. Its name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for our pride / our hope.


When i visit Cape Town, I make sure I go to Gugulethu.



Uyanya

Used to describe someone whose talking shit.


Uyanya iselwe nguwe la drink



Fokkol

Fokkol is a popular South African term for Nothing, dololo, nix.


I fear fokkol!!!



Nah he tweakin

A term that all the skrr skrr kids have been using in the comments section of Instagram. Apparently it means something not making sense or stupid.


No one:

Skrr skrr on insta: Nah he tweaking



Nyuku

Word referring to money.


Where is my nyuku?



uTaka

Xhosa term for sleeping over at a boyfriend/girlfriend's place.


Umntu wakhe uthe makatake iweekend yonke.

Her partner asked her to sleep over for the whole weekend.



Sekisi

A very weird way of spelling Sex. These people do it on social media.


I thought they broke up a long time ago only to find out they still have sekisi everyday.



Taima

Taima is a slang term for dad or father.


I will be chilling with taima tomorrow.



Mgosi

Umgosi in South Africa means gossip.


No one:

Girls: I have so much mgosi for you my friend.




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