cash, stash , dough, (relation to money in general.)
Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.
Example

ntwana ako sike gumba dar, lend me some cash nyana.

Siba da Ntsizwa (GI) • 24 August 2025
Inyhori is a Xhosa slang term that’s used to refer to someone with one eye.
Example

They stabbed him in the eye, now yinyhori.

Pronunciation
by MXhosa
MXhosa • 16 August 2025

Nongogo is a vulgar Xhosa term that means a whore.
Example

Ndipeyile namhlanje, I should get unongogo.

I got paid today, I should get a whore.

Xhosa Nostra • 18 July 2025
Grootie is a respectful term of referring to an older man. It’s a shortened version of grootman (big man).
Example

Sure Grootie, nice seeing you again.

Xhosa Nostra • 17 July 2025

Imazi is a Xhosa term for a female animal.
Example

Ndifuna imazi yegusha.

I want a female sheep.

Xhosa Nostra • 14 July 2025
Dijo is a Sotho term for food.
Example

Ke batla dijo.
I want food.

LinguistZA • 11 July 2025

How South Africans say β€œtraffic lights” because β€œtraffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
Example

No one:

Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.

Yanga CPT • 02 July 2025
Skipa is a South African term for a T-shirt.
Example

I need to buy that GALXBOY skipa very soon.

Blessing • 26 June 2025

Ikula is an offensive term used to refer to Indian people.
Example

He speaks like that because he is dating ikula.

Skhokho • 16 June 2025
Gongo is a derogatory term used to refer to coloureds.
Example

I am now dating igongo.

Skhokho • 16 June 2025


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