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.
Peep
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Peep is a South African modern slang term for “look” or “check”.
Example
Peep that car, it’s nca.
Bundus
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Bundus is a term used to refer to the rural areas. It’s mostly used by people in the burbs to “look down” on those ones who come from the rural areas.
Example
You can see the way he speaks that he’s from the bundus.
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