Talk:List of South African slang words

gogga not a Bantuism
"gogga - bug (from Khoikhoi xo-xon)", so-called Khoikhoi is not a Bantu language, but is part of a separate linguistic language group. "dagga" - marijuana is also from Khoikhoi, which is not part of the Nguni/Bantu language group.

Profanities, derogareries and explinations fixed.

 * befok - really good, exciting, cool; as in "The rock-show was befok." [Do not confuse withgefok.] Paradoxically, also can mean "crazy" in a very strong sense, as in "Are you befok?" — definitely not a polite enquiry.

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 * befok - really good, exciting, cool; as in "The rock-show was befok." [Do not confuse with gefok.] Paradoxically, also can mean "crazy" in a very strong sense, as in "Are you befok?" — derogatory(err:definitely not a polite enquiry). Ek het daai ou befok - meaning I cheated that guy in a transaction. Profanity - the base fok meaning fuck


 * blou - being sad as in the english language feeling blue. ____If a guy is blue because he drank to much he is dead due to suffocating on somethingin his drunken state.

Deleted -- *bot - boring or lame. Often used along with kak, i. e. "That's kak bot" ___ Huh? Bot is a know word in Afrikaans meaning closed off or being blunt in your explanation. The expression used here indicates that the speaker is actually trying to say "dis kak boet" meaning "that's shit, dude"


 * doos - idiot (more likely an "asshole" or "cunt"; can also mean "female genitalia") (profanity). For example: "Rory Da Costa is the biggest doos to walk the planet!" From the Afrikaans word for box (rude).

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 * doos - idiot (more likely an "asshole" or "cunt"; can also mean "female genitalia") (profanity)(rude). For example: "Rory Da Costa is the biggest doos to walk the planet!" From the Afrikaans word for box as used in common everyday language. Though people trying to speaking Afrikaans in a pure form still use the word doos when referring to a small box.


 * Dutchman - affectionate term for an Afrikaner. __ Last time someone called me a Dutchman he walked away with a broken nose and a couple of other bruises (ED: thus proving to him that I was a Dutchman). Common people we don't want a couple of international incidents with the 2010 soccer where a Afrikaans speaking person assaulted a tourist for calling him a dutchman.

Page needs to be placed into a watch bin or something and cleaned-up or taken down. Spelling and terms used are of such a nature I can spend a whole week editing the page and only then fixed-up all the derogatory entries.

If help is needed then people from www.woes.co.za can be contacted with editing the page. They are all poets loving the languages and slang of our wonderful country South Africa.

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Bin Picker - Skollie met 'n trollie
That should be a new definition. I could go further and say "Skollie met 'n trollie who will suck a tollie for a lollie", but that would be going too far most likely. 105.245.232.9 (talk) 08:22, 10 February 2023 (UTC)

Kasi thrifters
18934 Sonderwater,"Ext 12", 018 ,makasa from the trenches. MOUNT VIEW MINI THRIFT SHOP A local Thrift shop that supply clothing for makasana and it eradicate poverty in the hood. Style top notch. L.g molefi (talk) 10:16, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

Hamafalama / halafalala
Does anyone have any information, records on or sources of this expression, uttered by children when someone has done something wrong and is sure to get into trouble for it? Doppiotempo (talk) 12:15, 21 April 2023 (UTC)

Mik as a word for feinting
I don't how it's spelt but we used to use it as children. To "mik" someone is to make a movement that suggests an attack, but at the last moment, withdraws it before making contact. We used to use in the context of feinting a dribble while playing soccer. Maqdisi (talk) 06:40, 18 March 2024 (UTC)