Mpesu

A name given to people of high status

Mpesu

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.

Inganekwane

Izinganekwane izingxoxo ezazixoxwa ogogo/omama/omkhulu Kanye nobaba.Zaxoxelwa abantwana ngesikhathi sakudala.

Umama uxoxela izingane zakhe inganekwane.

Pronunciation:

Tao

Tao is a slang term for a 'thousand' (money).

My life would be better if I could get 5 tao right now.

Frontal

A frontal refers to a hairpiece that has a strip of material which runs from ear to ear.

Every girl deserves ifrontal this December.

Ngeku

A word the "Mapulane" adults use to refer to a girl.

Heh Ngeku dula fase.
*You girl, Sit down*

Azithi dadobawo

Is a colloquial Xhosa term for crazy or mentally disturbed.
It is mostly used as an insult.

Ingathi azithi dadobawo pha apha kuwe wena.

Lekker

South African slang word for "cool" or "nice"

I just won a bet in Betway.
Lekker bru.

umshologu

properly used to mean a “spirit” from
u -> the
m -> child of, person of, thing of
Shulgi -> an ancient Sumerian king who deified him just like Jesus and so people were said to perform wonders “In the name of Shulgi”.

On seeing a ghost: I saw umshologu.
On seeing a magic performance: He’s using umshologu.
A church was in the old days called: The House of umshologu
On someone who loves to go to church: He’s the ash of the house of umshologu. (you can modernize the expression by using “furniture” instead of “ash”)

Afrikaans

Is a language created by dutch people, although in dutch translates to african it is not of that origin.

I just learned to speak afrikaans.