• an' all – (from 'and all'; like the English 'et cetera, et cetera').
• aks – mispronounced ask...
• boarded-off – declared medically unfit to work
• babelaas - hangover
• bakkie - pick up truck
• ballie - father / older men
• bring and come – an expression normally denoting some type of unspecified invitation to come and perform a particular task at a given location.'
• boom, zol, dagga, ganja,- marijuana
• braai - barbecue
• bra / bru - male friend
• bunny chow – type of food, made with a loaf of bread filled with a curry
• cake – idiot
• cameway – to go with someone, like come with me.
• Charou – a person of Indian origin
• cherry, stekkie – girlfriend
• chommie - friend
• choon – talk
• choty goty - beautiful girl
• coat – meaning "quote", mis-pronounced, with a completely inaudible QW sound. as in Hey, can you give me a coat to fix my car?
• cover – an insurance policy; as in: Hey laanie, can you organise me a cover for my grannie?
• donner - beat up
• dop – alcoholic drink
• dronkie - drunkard
• ek se - I say
• eeuww man! – an informal way of greeting. The South African Indian equivalent of "Hey dude!"
• flim – mispronounced filim
• guzzie – friend (from the Zulu guz'lam)
• government dash – water
• gravy soaker – potatoes
• graaf – work
• hoesit/ hoezit/ howzit - hows it?
• house people – family members
• Jaaver – an Afrikaner person
• jol – party
• kak - rubbish
• kassam – serious, not joking. From Islamic meaning "oath".
• klap – smack
• klaar – finish
• laaitie – younger male person
• lukker / lekker – nice
• larny – boss
• maat – friend
• mooing – to flirt. From the Afrikaans word mooi meaning "nice"
• moegoe – stupid person
• nana – grandfather
• ou – person
• porsie – house
o Raven Ou – a Black African or, sometimes, Tamil person. From the Hindu deity Raven reputedly dark-skinned. (Insulting usage.)
o Roti Ou / Bread Ou Hindi person
o Wit Ou – a White person
• paining – having pain
• pano – money, from the Tamil word for "money". Commonly used by all South African Indian linguistic groups as a euphemism for money
• patla, flouie – usually refers to poor (unfunny) jokes. Patla can also refer to any kind of damp squib.
• potter-marie – means a dumbass (Hindu language roots)
• right – an affirmation, mostly used while giving traffic directions, as in "Go straight, Right. Turn Left, Right."
• sheila – an ugly woman
• skelum – trouble maker
• skraal – very hungry
• slaat – action like hit. For example: Don't choon me what what an' all, I slaat you one time laanie.
• smaak – like
• speeches – problems
• this thing/"dis ting" – watchamacallit
• toppie – an older male authority-figure
• tannie – female version of toppie, from the Afrikaans word for "Aunty".
• thunder shot – more than two shots of spirits
• tum-blahh – from the English word "tumbler", meaning a heavy glass. As in: 'hey boy, run and get a Tum-blah for the larnie to have some Min-rill'
• valve opener – first drink
• voet sak – go away
• vrou – wife
