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

Ukhona umjondolo osuvuliwe bahlali? Phela ziyakhala k'sasa

JosΓ© Sidney 01 November 2022
A SePitori term for nyaope withdrawal symptoms.

Drugs/Nyaope cravings.
Example

Others are having alostro because of lockdown.

Sinazo 05 March 2021

Igedlela is a Zulu slang term for a car.



Formally, it means kettle.
Example

Ulibonile igedlela lami elisha?



Did you see my new car?

Masiya 19 April 2025
Iponi is a term they use in Gqeberha for a guy, a gent, a bro. Sort of Mjita.
Example

Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.

MXhosa 08 March 2023

The feeling of wanting to explain something and not finding the right term to do that,
Example

Eish "Alostro" mfowethu (unexplainable)

Lucas N 03 May 2022
A Xhosa term for grootman or just a man nje.
Example

Ayicatchi idyan. A dyan doesn't catch feelings.

DRex 19 April 2021

Jozi is a colloquial term for Johannesburg, the most populous city in South Africa.
Example

I’m moving to Jozi.

DRex 28 May 2024
AmaZulu Football Club is a South African professional soccer club based in the city of Durban in the KwaZulu Natal province, that plays in the Betway Premiership, the first tier of the South African football league system.
Example

I can’t wait to see what 10111 Arthur Zwane is cooking with AmaZulu this season.

Chief 23 July 2026

A kasi term used to refer to food.
Example

I am starving, ke batla zozo.

I am starving, I want food.

DRex 03 November 2022
Ganja is a widely used term to refer to weed or marijuana.
Example

I'm gonna go home and smoke some ganja.

Chief 23 May 2025


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