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.
You can be a domkop sometimes 🤦🏽♂️
Slimes will bite your head off if you say something negative about A-Reece
I'm so broke I don't even have isheleni under my name.
I will represent 012 till I die!
"I'm K1 'til they put my name on the tomb" - Kwesta on Mmino
I am never going to Benoni again after what I saw today.
Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.
- That dude is really well built... he must be a workout Fean!
- That fisherman eats, sleeps and breaths all things fishing.. he must be a Fishing Fean!
Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.
Don’t worry about that team. It’s an Al Ahly.