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November, 2009

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Strap

[n] [eng] walk

E.g. 1. We gonna strap round da block. [Lets walk round your hood]

E.g. 2. Aint no sweat in strappin. [I dont see the problem with walking.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Stick up

[n] [eng] robbery

E.g. 1. Niggaz stuck up a 70 year old lady. [A 70 year old lady got robbed]

E.g. 2. Stik ups stage at gigs. [Most robberies occur during parties.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Snitch

[n] [eng] sellout

E.g. 1. If that nigga aint snitch we ok. [We ok as long as we do not get sold out]

E.g. 2. Aint no snitch get tolerated onda block. [Sellouts are not to set foot on the streets]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Smack

[n] [eng] beat

E.g. 1. Pigs can smack a thief stupid. [Cops are good at smacking thieves]

E.g. 2. Smack that money maker. [Start the slot machine]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Skhokho

[n] [nd] gangsta

E.g. 1. Undoda lo uyisikhokho, wadabura ipoti ngesitina. [This dude is a gangsta, he placed a brick on a policemans head.]

E.g. 2. Izikhokho zalamuhla sezivaya e cast. [Gangstaz of today even go to church.]

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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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