Category: General
Ingqithi is a Xhosa custom of amputating the joint of the little finger, or of the ring finger on babies and sometimes adults.
Example
My finger is like this because I have ingqithi.
Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
Example
I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.
Drop is a Kasi term for gonorrhea (a type of STI).
Example
He got a drop after sleeping with that girl last week.
Someone who likes the idea of being fit but also likes food.
Example
I may look fit but I regard myself as fit-ish.
Nyash is a soft and succulent part of a woman's back side, and without nyash a lady has high risk of getting her desired man.
Example
A nyashless woman must be plankish in structure
Jollof boys is a name given to Nigerian men in South Africa.
Example
Who drives that Range Rover.
It's owned by this other Jollof boy who works in Hillbrow.
Ukuqabula is an informal Xhosa term for taking out babalaas. Basically the act of drinking the morning after a heavy night of drinking.
Example
I'm dying from babalaas now, ndifuna ukuqabula.
Umkhonto is a Nguni term or word for a spear (the weapon).
Example
Ndicela undinike umkhonto wam.
Can you please give me my spear.
Nyash can be defined as something in a woman backside that make every man go crazy.
Example
Like when a lady shake the Nyash, Men can never be themselves
Boda bodas are bikes used as public transport in East Africa.
Example
I got a boda boda to Ntinda
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