South African Slang Lexicon

[Farkas]

[Ahknaton]

Interesting. My flatmate is from SA (Johannesburg), and told me about biltong (I thought it was "bull tongue" but I must have misheard it).

Quite a few of these: "nappy", "blooming", "smokes", "Marmite", "bell", "tinkle", "to die for", "biscuit", "flog", "dummy", "graze" and a others are part of Australian & NZ slang as well.

[Farkas]

Interesting. My flatmate is from SA (Johannesburg), and told me about biltong (I thought it was "bull tongue" but I must have misheard it).

Biltong is very nice. It is dried meat with all kinds of spices added to it. Each time I go to South Africa, I eat tons of it. I have a good recipe to make some myself, but my parents would kill me if I start doing stuff in the kitchen.

Don't forget to say hi from me to your friend. :)

Quite a few of these: "nappy", "blooming", "smokes", "Marmite", "bell", "tinkle", "to die for", "biscuit", "flog", "dummy", "graze" and a others are part of Australian & NZ slang as well.

That is possible. South Africans like to use words in other languages if they like it enough. I introduced the Dutch word "trut" in my school, which means bitch. :D

[Jimbo Gomez]

Does trut mean 'bitch' in West Flanders? In Brabant it means 'seut'. The rest of the board will have no idea of what that means, heh.

[Warka]

Smokes: These are not sausages, but cigarettes. A packet of smokes is a pack of cigarettes. An American who wants smoked sausage can go to a caff and ask for "horrogs."

An American smoker is more likely to refer to cigarettes as "smokes" moreso than any other nationality. :rolleyes:

[Farkas]

An American smoker is more likely to refer to cigarettes as "smokes" moreso than any other nationality. :rolleyes:

As I said before, South Africans have the tendency to take over other countries words. But most of the words listed are genuine South African, though. You won't find them anywhere else.

@Stan: Yes and I think in Eastern Flanders aswell. If we would say 'trutje' then it would have the same meaning as 'seut'.

[Warka]

As I said before, South Africans have the tendency to take over other countries words. But most of the words listed are genuine South African, though. You won't find them anywhere else.

I'm sorry, I missed that mentioned. Interesting list.

[Jimbo Gomez]

Yes, your dialect is a bit different from that of the rest of the nation.

Still, odd how the dimunitive form of the same word can make it mean almost the opposite.

[klipgeit]

Does trut mean 'bitch' in West Flanders? In Brabant it means 'seut'. The rest of the board will have no idea of what that means, heh.

No such word as "trut" in Afrikaans it is pure Dutch or Flemish

Bitch in Afrikaans is teef(like in dogs), feeks, slet or if you really want to call a spade a spade you call her "fok doos" or "moers kont",but I advice you to run like hell when you use the last two

[Baron_Corvo]

Good list. I've also seen the word "doos" in SA slang, which roughly translates to "box" and is used by South African girls to describe a boy they don't fancy (as opposed to "dish" if they do).

There's also the insulting Afrikaner term for an Englishman, "soutpiel" (literally "salt prick", implying that he has one foot in Africa and the other in Europe, so his genitalia are dipping in the sea).

[klipgeit]

Good list. I've also seen the word "doos" in SA slang, which roughly translates to "box" and is used by South African girls to describe a boy they don't fancy (as opposed to "dish" if they do).

There's also the insulting Afrikaner term for an Englishman, "soutpiel" (literally "salt prick", implying that he has one foot in Africa and the other in Europe, so his genitalia are dipping in the sea).

You make me smile.
Men do use "doos" too for stupid men.and for women with a great >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[Alvo]

Some more South African words: "enkesi"; "molweni" and, of course, "umbutu"

[Farkas]

Some more South African words: "enkesi"; "molweni" and, of course, "umbutu"


Those are words in kaffir, Whites do not use those. Afrikaans words only in this thread, please.