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November 5th, 2009

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Skefu

[n] [nd] cigarette

E.g. 1. Vaya uyejuma iskefu ngokushesha estolo singakaqumi. [ 'Go and get a cigarette before we go']

E.g. 2. Laxa ngoba iskefu siyabulala. ['Relax, cigarettes are a killer']

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Shorty

[n] [eng] lady

E.g. 1. Shorty got me trippin bout shiznit. [This lady is drivin me crazy]

E.g. 2. Shorty must b al qaeda. [This lady is the bomb]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Shesha

[adj] [nd] quick

E.g. 1. Akuye xolisa ngushesha. [ Go and apologise quickly.]

E.g. 2. Akuye khobisa usherry lo ngokushesha bengakamthathi obhare laba. [Court this lady before these niggaz take over.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Shawty

[n] [eng] man

E.g. 1. Lets get steppin shawty. [Lets go man]

E.g. 2. Shawty is clad in red skitz. [Dude is wearig red shoes]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Sfebe

[n] [nd] prostitute

E.g. 1. Umebraz ubanjwe elesfebe. ['My brother was caught with a prostitute.]

E.g. 2. Wabalekela ubu dokotela waba yisfebe eLondon. [ 'She or he left being a doctor just to be a prostitute in London']

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Quma

[vb] [nd] walk

E.g. 1. Ungaquma uzofika ngokushesha. [Walking is a quicker option]

E.g. 2. Undoda lo uthanda ukuquma yikho engagadi umtshova. [This dude would rather walk than catch a kombi.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Pop

[vb] [eng] shoot

E.g. 1. Told da kid to pop verbz at da chik. [Told him to shoot the babe down with lines]

E.g. 2. Too much poppin these days. [Too much shooting one another these days]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Pig

[n] [eng] cop

E.g. 1. Pigs is scavengin da blok takin ol our bread. [Them cops is hunting us down for our money]

E.g. 2. Streets are watchin thnx 2 da pigs who set rats inda hood. [The cops put sellouts on the streets]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

ncanywa

[vb] [nd] desire

E.g. 1. Iratu lenike ngiyalincanywa. [I desire to wear a nike sneaker.]

E.g. 2. Uma uncanywa ngizakutshuksela. [If you want i can hook you up]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Natshi

[adj] [nde] present

E.g. 1. (Woza iskefu siyinatshi.) Come around, cigarettes is in supply.

E.g. 2. (Uma suyinatshi uzogikhoda hantsho.) When you are present in the hood, holla at your boy.

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