| Word | Meaning |
| Bail | Fall |
| Bali | Father or old man e.g. "Sha, my bali's a bali ek se!" |
| Bells | Time e.g. "What's the bells?" |
| Berg | Town/CBD |
| Blast | Laugh e.g. "Sha, you were blasting at me coz I got lumbered!" |
| Boet/Boetie | Brother |
| Boffin | Clever person e.g. "That owne's a boffin, sha. He's never ploughed in his life unlike me!" |
| Boggs | Toilet |
| Bop | Dance |
| Bout/Bumpaz | Fight e.g. "Do you wanna bumpaz ek se? Joll outside!" |
| Bung | Afraid e.g. "Sha, I'm bung of getting my results coz I know I ploughed!" |
| Bunjee/Bunjy/Bhai owne | Indian person |
| Cabin/Crib/Digs | House |
| Chibba | Chick |
| Chill | Relax |
| Chillax | Relax e.g. "Chillax guys! Sergeant Major's lost his voice!" |
| Choon/Tune | Say, tell, speak e.g. "Tune me what's cutting here!" |
| Clap | Slap e.g. "I'll clap you ek se!" (Also derived from Afrikaans) |
| Close | To cheat someone or beat up someone e.g. "Sha, you closed me out of 20 dollars" |
| Clunk | Smell e.g. "You're clunking today! Go bathe!" |
| Con | Lie |
| Co-ords | Co-ordination e.g. "He keeps strapping into walls coz he's got no co-ords" |
| Cut/Book | Go/Move e.g. "Let's cut to club!" |
| Dirk | Big e.g. "That's a dirk phone you've got there. Someone will peg if you use it to lumber them on the nut" |
| Dope/Lekker | Nice/Good |
| Dos | Sleep (but this can be delayed by taking loads of BioPlus isn't?) |
| Dry/Tired/Wack | Boring or useless e.g "That owne's dry at playing soccer" |
| Dwass | Stupid |
| Ek se | I'm saying (taken from Afrikaans) |
| Fed | Prefect |
| Flat | Angry e.g. "I'm flat because I got gunned!" |
| Flog | Sell or Fail e.g. "Sha, I flogged my car coz I was broke" |
| Gas | Good time e.g. "He's having a gas in Kariba with all those items!" |
| Gat | Gun |
| Ginya | Roughness e.g. "Ownes were using ginya to jam" |
| Goffel owne/Goffal owne | Coloured (Mixed race) person |
| Grapht/Graft | Study/Work |
| Graze | Eat |
| Gwan | Story e.g. "Tune me the gwan" |
| Hard/Thorough | Great/Strong/Good looking e.g. "Those babes are hard ek se" |
| Honky owne | White person |
| Item | Chick or anything else literally! e.g "I stood up my item coz I had to go to item to get that item" |
| Jack | Nothing/Zero (not to be confused with stealing) e.g. "I got jack for the comp sci test!" |
| Jack/Huck/Gank | Steal (our favourite passtime) |
| Jam | Play |
| Joll/jorl | Come e.g. "Jorl here ek se! I'm gonna lumber you!" |
| Kites/Sheets | Money e.g. "Sha, I've got jack kites ek se" |
| Lighty | Child/Little boy |
| Lumber/Gun/Close/Wind/Wire | Beat up e.g. "Sha, I'm writhing in agony coz I was lumbered yesterday by these dirk ownes!" |
| Marx/Mux | Rubbish/Stupid e.g. "You ownes are marx, sha" |
| Marxist | An idiot |
| Noction/Connection | Friend e.g. "Choon your noctions to joll to my digs" |
| Nut | Head |
| On my/his/her/their/your ace | On my/his/her/their/your own e.g. "I had to do all that grapht on my ace, sha!" |
| Owne/Oke | Guy (or a girl who might as well be a guy since she has masculine features!) |
| Peg | To Die |
| Plough | Fail e.g. "Ownes! We'd better grapht otherwise we're gonna plough like a joke!" |
| Pomping | Happening e.g. "The party was pomping ekse!" |
| Prang | Crash |
| Queen | Mother e.g. "Sha, when is the Queen's queen (The Queen Mother) gonna peg?" |
| Rap | Talk |
| Rigs | Clothes |
| Scan | Look/See |
| Sha/Shaz | Friend (sometimes also used when dissatisfied with the situation e.g. "Sha, I hate Zimbabwe!") |
| Shanks | Toilet |
| Sidestep/Chope | An unfortunate blunder with words e.g. "Fush up! Mfana! When I say quip quiet, you QUIP QUIET!!!" |
| Skat | Shoe |
| Skeem/Scheme | Think e.g. "I skeem I'm gonna lumber you" |
| Skies | Bulawayo e.g. "Sha, there's jack to do in Skies" |
| Smuck | Like/Have a crush on e.g. "I smuck that ugly babe for reasons unknown to me!" |
| Span | A lot e.g. "You took a span of bells to phone back, sha" |
| Sporo | Effort e.g. "Ay, you ownes aren't putting any sporo" |
| Ster | Sister (nothing to do with Ster Kinekor) |
| Strap | Walk |
| Sut | No e.g. "Sut, I'm not cutting to school today!" |
| Tight | Difficult e.g. "Sha, that exam was tight. I ploughed" |
| Warried | Carefree e.g. "Ownes! I'm warried about cutting for graft today!" |
