Maskandi is a kind of Zulu folk music / genre that is dominant amongst the Zulu population of South Africa.
Example
I enjoy listening to Maskandi
My favourite Maskandi artist is Mgqumeni
Is someone whom u consider to be ur brother / someone close to u but some people think that a male bestie is someone who wants to ruin ur relationship. That is not true, a male bestie is like a boy bestie.
Example
A male bestie stands by u when u are in tough times
Ukutula-tula is isiBhaca word meaning to wander around.
Example
Ebetula-tula yonke indzawo.
He was wandering all over the place
Gqirhy or gqwirhi is an informal Xhosa term used to refer to jealous or black magic tendencies.
Example
I bought this car last month and today someone stole it. Yhu ni gqwirhy kulendawo
Borga is a Ghanaian slang used to describe a man who just returned from overseas. Usually such a man dresses flamboyantly with chains and rings.
Example
“My brother has just returned from overseas.”
“Oh nice. The borga has landed!”
A Kinyarwanda hybrid term used to refer to a person who is dumb af and does some really dum shit.
Example
- We NGWIJE!
- Cyaze uri ngwije.
- Nelson ni yo ngwije ya mbere nabonye ndaq.
- Kenny Sol yarameze nka ngwije ari gupresenta.
Imoto is a Nguni term for a car.
Is a kasi term for a kiss.
Example
You can't even get a lamza from a random chick in the club anymore because of this covid.
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