Is a name given to a child or children born from South Africa Lady who date a Nigerian guy.
Example

How are your jollofites doing?

setwaba 16 May 2024
Tsotsi language. Generally means a mistake or nonsense. Can be pronounced as "flop" or "flopo"
Example

Eish ke editse flopo


I made a mistake

Olebogeng 17 May 2022

Kaaps or Afrikaaps is an Afrikaans dialect that is mainly spoken in the Cape Flats in Cape Town.
Example

I thought I knew Afrikaans until I went to the Cape Flats and heard what they call Kaaps/Afrikaaps.

LinguistZA 03 November 2022

Hud

It's those mxit abbreviations from back in the day that means "How u doing"
Example

Guy: Hi

Girl: Hi

Guy: Hud

Girl: Gud u

Guy: Gud, wud?

Danny 04 May 2021

The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo

owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
Example

Going to East London?

I’m going to Gombo

Sgasa 21 May 2025
A Northwest African country with Saharan landscapes, Arab-Berber culture, and iron ore resources.
Example

Nouakchott, Mauritania's capital, is one of the world's newest major cities, founded in 1958.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

Oga

Boss, master, or a person in authority. A title of respect.
Example

Oga, good morning sir.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026
Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
Example

Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.

Mr Trends 01 May 2022

Bobo is a Liberian slang term for a deaf person or even a senseless person.
Example

Small more, you will be bobo.

James04 23 March 2025
Historic coastal city with Swahili culture and East Africa's largest port.
Example

Mombasa's Old Town features ornate Arab-style doors and architecture.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025


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