South Africa Slang Dictionary
South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.
Zama Zamas will stop at nothing to mine what they want.
She says she won't sleep with him again cause he is a 2 minute noodle.
I am starving, ke batla zozo.
I am starving, I want food.
I had to speak to Sky Daddy yesterday when I wasn't feeling good.
I don't care what you say, ijaja is my witness.
I thought I knew Afrikaans until I went to the Cape Flats and heard what they call Kaaps/Afrikaaps.
I proudly speak Afrikaaps.
I am from the Cape Flats where we hear gunshots every night.
Each and every township in South Africa is almost the same.
Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.
I'm tired of this rolled weed, let's use a bottle kop.
The Glamour Boys will beat Masandawana.