Offensive. Refers to a penis
Example

She just wants umthondo wami

uCrist • 03 July 2021
Zama Zamas is a name given to illegal miners in South Africa. They find abandoned mines and start mining.
Example

Zama Zamas will stop at nothing to mine what they want.

CG • 03 November 2022

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
Dhloogle is a term used on X, formerly Twitter to refer to Sizwe Dhlomo’s tendency of β€œknowing” everything under the sun. You can ask him anything and he will have an answer. No articles, no references, just him being sure about everything.
Example

Guy 1: I just heard that in 1994, ANC won the elections but Nelson Mandela made the call to give it to the IFP for stability.

Guy 2: where did you hear that?

Guy 1: From Dhloogle.

OD • 31 May 2024

also South Africa, Botswana
Not at all or nothing at all.
Example

Did you get anything from your parents?
No, fokol my sister

ReginaNdzo • 13 September 2026
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

Mother of prayer
Example

Woman who pray for people

Mathapelo • 15 May 2024
Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa. It is known as the Alabama of South Africa, or the armpit of South Africa.
Example

If you divorce your wife in Brakpan, she remains your sister.

Maps • 13 June 2024

A widely used noun and verb for an outdoor β€˜barbecue’ where meat is cooked over a fire or coal. A braai is a popular social event in South Africa and even has its own dedicated public holiday, known as National Braai Day, which coincides with Heritage Day celebrated annually on September 24.
Example

Let's go buy some beer and some meat for tonight's braai.

DRex • 16 July 2020
Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.
Example

I caught my little brother eskomora.

MXhosa • 11 May 2021


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