Butterfly Effect

The feeling of tiredness and or laziness that a person feels when they are slowly sobering up from smoking weed or eating edibles.


I began to go through Butterfly effect after smoking a joint



Mara

A filler word usually meaning "but"
It can be added in the beginning, middle, or the end of a sentence.


Mara why it is so expensive?
He's good looking mara he's not a good person.
Why do we have to be so broke, mara?



Cylon

A cylon is a term generally used in Gqeberha that means a crazy person or a psycho.


Yi cylon maan lawey.



Kwerekwere

A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.


Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!



uyarhubha

A Hlubi word for you are talking nonsense.


Me: Gombo means "a newly developed area. It is the name given by the Xhosas to the City of East London after its foundation in 1836"
You: That is gibberish.
Me: uyarhubha.



impundu

One thing that makes men go crazy


Ndizthandela nje impundu
iDyan ayinophila uba ayityi mpundu



amapakati

Xhosa plural for a chief’s counsellors. The singular is ipakati. From pachatu an ancient Babylonia word for governor.


My ancestors were amapakati of Chief Ngqika.



Gqe

Igqe is a derogatory Zulu word for vagina.


Why are you broke when you have igqe?



Hayi

A Xhosa term for No.


Q: Are you hungry?
A: Hayi



Kinshasa

DR Congo's sprawling capital on the Congo River, full of musical energy.


Kinshasa's Marché de la Liberté sells everything from electronics to exotic foods.




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