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Ag is ‘Oh no!’, as in ‘Ag no man, how can it be raining again?
Aita is a greeting, as in ‘Aita bru, I reckon we hit Camden market today.’
Arvie means ‘afternoon’ as in ‘I reckon I’m going to chill in the common this arvie dude.’
Babalas means hangover, as in ‘Yoh, that Dutch beer gave me a babalas.’
Biscuit commends someone, as in ‘Go Hamilton you biscuit! Go!’
Boet/Bru means friend, as in ‘I would dig to have a beer with you, my bru.’
Chips is a warning, as in ‘Chips for that siren oke! That’s when the cops come!’
China is your friend, as in ‘My china why haven’t you hooked up the speakers yet?’
Chookie is jail, as in ‘He didn’t chips for the siren, and now he’s in chookie.’
Dop is a drink, as in ‘I’ve heard there is cheap dop at that off license.’
Donner is to punch or hit, as in ‘If those chavs don’t stop making noise I’m going to donner them!’
Dwaal means dizzy, as in ‘This muggy London heat leaves me in a dwaal.’
Eish is an exclamation as in ‘Eish! I thought I saw David Beckham for real today!’
Eina means pain, as in ‘Eina man! Stop kicking that football at me!’
Ek se means ‘I say’, as in ‘Let’s go out on the London town tonight, ek se.’
Fully is an affirmation, as in ‘That DJ’s set was fully wicked my man.’
Fanks is saying thank you, as in ‘Fanks for my birthday present!’
Frot means drunk, as in ‘Why did you get so frot and pee against the wall last night?’
Goof means to swim, as in ‘Let’s go take a quick goof at Wimbledon park.’
Goose is one’s girlfriend, as in ‘Last night I took my goose to a movie.’
Graft is one’s work, as in ‘I start new graft tomorrow, wish me luck!’
Hectic is a describing word, as in ‘Those Snakebites at that club were hectic!’
Howzit is a famous Saffa greeting, as in ‘Howzit! How are you doing?’
Hundreds is an expression, as in ‘I slept in late so I’m feeling hundreds today!’
Indaba is a meeting, as in ‘Have you seen the cool stuff at that art indaba?’
Ish indicates worry, as in ‘Ish, I’m not too sure about this Thames eel pie.’
Izit is an expression of interest, as in ‘Izit? You say I can make biltong at home now?’
Jeet means go, as in ‘I’m tired of this place boet. Let’s jeet!’
Jislaaik means anger or wonder, as in ‘Jislaaik but the Tate Modern is weird. But nice!’
Jol means party, as in ‘That was one of the best jols I have ever been to!’
Kief means cool, as in ‘That Vernon Koekemoer is one kief oke!’
Klap means hit, as in ‘Do that again and I will klap you my friend.’
Kuif means hair fringe, as in ‘Any less kuif and that’ll look like a mullet china.’
Larney means fancy, as in ‘Last night we went to this larney jol.’
Lekker means nice, as in ‘I am having a lekker time in London!’
Legend is a compliment, as in ‘You my dear sir, are a legend.’
Mal means crazy, as in ‘I wouldn’t mess with those football yobs, those okes are mal.’
Mif means unpleasant, as in ‘China your room smells mif like my brother’s socks.’
Moegoe means a twit, as in ‘That Mugabe is a real moegoe don’t you think?’
Naff means wimpy, as in ‘That is a naff shirt you are wearing.’
Naught means bum, as in ‘I came short and fell on my nought. It hurts now.’
Nooit means no, as in ‘Nooit bru, I will always be a Liverpool supporter.’
Oke means guy, as in ‘Did you see that weird oke on the Tube?’
On a mission indicates action, as in ‘That oke is always on some kind of mission.’
Ou ballie is an older man, as in ‘Boet if you don’t turn it down, that ou ballie is going to complain.’
Park off means to chill out, as in ‘Can’t we just park off at this restaurant a little bit longer?’
Poepal is an insult, as in ‘That bouncer is a real poepol, I’m not even drunk yet!’
Porzie is someone’s house, as in ‘Can’t we just chill at your porzie for the afternoon?’
Shot means thank you, as in ‘Shot for the heads up mate, I’ll take the District line instead.’
Sif/Sis denotes unpleasantness, as in ‘Sis man! Get your face off that toilet seat!’
Struesbob means the truth, as in ‘I saw Amy Winehouse naked today, struesbob!’
Trap means to walk, as in ‘Let’s take a trap down to Notting Hill.’
Tune means to engage in conversation, as in ‘I’m going to go tune that oke about a job.’
Twak means tobacco, as in ‘Can I bum some of that twak off you please?’
Vaai means to leave, as in ‘Let’s just finish these beers and vaai.’
Vloek is to swear, as in ‘I’m going to vloek that oke just now, bru.’
Voetsek is to chase something away, ‘Voetsek you doves, voetsek!’
Wettie is a cold drink, as in ‘Yoh, it’s hot, I need a wettie right now!’
What what means something, as in ‘That guy tuned me what what but I didn’t understand!’
Windgat means speed freak, as in ‘Gee, that old lady on the electric wheelchair is a real windgat!’
Yinnah means wow, as in ‘Yinnah it’s a hot day today!’
Yoh is said in amazement, as in ‘Yoh, yoh, yoh! That is one fine-looking lady!’
Yowza is also said in amazement, as in ‘Yowza, that Ferrari is lekker.’
Zol is marijuana, as in ‘I don’t like people who smoke zol on Sundays.’
Zonked means drunk, as in ‘That guy was so zonked on Saturday, it was quite funny.’
Zippit means keep it down, as in ‘I told you to zippit!’
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