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buck – the main unit of currency: in South Africa the rand, and from the American use of the word for the dollar. china – friend, mate (from Cockney rhyming slang china [plate] = "mate"). chow – to eat; coaster – a state of affairs that surpasses cool; pom – name for an English person originating from England; shab short for shebeen.
Slang used or popularized by Generation Z (Gen Z; generally those born between the late 1990s and late 2000s in the Western world) differs from slang of earlier generations; [1] [2] ease of communication via Internet social media has facilitated its rapid proliferation, creating "an unprecedented variety of linguistic variation".
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13. What candy do you eat on the playground? Recess pieces. 14. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? Frostbite! 15. Why did the banana go to the doctor?
indaba – from Xhosa or Zulu languages – "stories" or "news" typically conflated with "meeting" (often used in South African English) japa – from Yoruba, "to flee" jazz – possibly from Central African languages From the word jizzi”. jenga – from the Swahili verb kujenga meaning "to build". [11] jive – possibly from Wolof jev