- (beep) you?
Get (beep)-ed.
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- We're guessing South African slang.
- Aaaah! - (laughs)
- That's- you gotta be quick, y'know, sharp sharp.
- Sharp sharp - Sharp sharp.
- Maybe it's a hunting thing.
- The word was just so good you said it twice.
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- I think it's, like, Jo-burg slang, so if you had to,
if you had to say, like, "sharp sharp", it'd be like,
good, or-
- Or like, almost like, not thank you, but like,
if you've done something then, you're like, "sharp sharp."
- If someone was like, "ah, thanks for the coffee,"
or something, you'd go, like, "sharp sharp."
- Oh, it's tight!
- Okay, yeah. - Sharp sharp!
- "Mooi"!
- Mu... mu-ey. Maybe moy? - Moy, moy.
- Mooi, mate!
- Mooi? - Mooi!
- "Mooi", mate? - Isn't "mooi" mate?
- Let's leave? Mooi? - Mooi.
I think it's "Mum".
- What d'ya wanna do? Mooi?
- I'm just gonna take a (beep) huge stab in the dark.
House- am I right or am I right?
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- This is "mooi", and it's, it's the Afrikaans word for
pretty, or nice?
- You'd be like, oh, "it's such a mooi day", so like,
such a nice day, or, you can basically use "mooi"
for anything.
- Or like, "that girl is mooi", it'd be like a compliment.
- It's not a very pretty word.
- "Lekker"- oh, no, I've heard it too, I think it's bad,
like a bad guy?
- "Lekker"! - Okay! Shit!
I know this one!
Ooh, maybe it's an idiot.
- I think it's something to do with a guy, but I have
a feeling it's like a, like a, like a dodgy guy.
- "You lekker", yeah, I'm gonna say it's a bad word.
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- This is probably the most popular South African slang,
it means "good" or "fun", good fun, entertaining.
- It's so versatile, you can use it for anything.
- I use "lekker" in life.
- I reckon it's like a fight.
- Cigar?
- It's gotta be a drug.
Don't do drugs.
- I think it means, like...
(lisps) I wanna kif... kif that guy
(both laugh)
- What's "kif" mean?
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- Something that's like, really cool.
If something's, like, really cool, you'd be like,
"it's so kif."
- Well kif!
- Island?
- It kinda sounds like a swear word.
Like I think if you stubbed your toe, or you like,
you walked into a door, you'd be like, "jislaaik!"
- I think it sounds like a drink.
- Ooh!
- Lady? Beautiful lady or something?
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- So, "jislaaik" means, like, "wow", or like, almost like
"wowzer", it's kind of like, quirky "wow".
All of these are like, impulsive slang, so it'd be like,
"aw yes, like, that was a good try," something like that.
- No, I would use it in, like, a complaining way.
So if someone, like, made me do something, I'd be like,
- Oh, yeah, sure. - "Jislaaik,
you're so annoying."
- If your girl was rude to someone else, you'd be like,
"jislaaik", yeah, yeah, yeah.
- (laughs)
- I got that, kind of, nearly, not really!
Like, if you walked into a door or you stubbed your toe,
you'd express exasperation, dislike.
- Ahh, "howzit"! Ahh, c'mon!
- (singing together) Howzit!
- "Howzit" means "wow".
- Or "there you go". - Or "there you go".
- "Howzit", just like, without the going, it's like-
- It has to be.
If it was something else, like, I give up.
- Maybe, maybe the Australian one's "howzaaaat"
and this one's "howzit".
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- "Howzit" is also a greeting, you go up to your friend
and be like, "howzit, bru?"
Some people also take it as like, "how are you?"
- Yes! Ayy!
- One point!
- (beep) you, get (beep)-ed.
- "Voetsek."
- Ooh, okay, you can say that!
- I think that's like, "(beep) sake."
- Vagina? - No!
- Like, "what's that", like "what's going on?"
"Voetsek." - "Voetsek."
Yeah, what's up?
- Ay, voetsek?
- Would you "voetsek" with me?
Does it mean sex?
- I think, let's go for "what's up".
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- "Voetsek", that's a good one.
- That's my fave.
- Okay, it's like, "(beep) off"-
- Basically.
- It's like, more like, funny, like you'd say it
to a friend, he'd be like, "ah, voetsek."
- Or, like, all my friends say it "sek"
instead of "voetsak".
- Yeah, so it's like, T-S-E-K. It's like the slang of this-
- It's literally just "(beep) off",
it's a lot of fun to say.
- Ah, so like, "hey Krista, like, let's go for lunch,"
"actually, no,"
(together) Voetsek!
- Sounds Russian!
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- I like our slang, yeah, it's pretty good.
- It's so funny.
So many different languages within the slang,
so you'll be speaking English, but you'll use
Afrikaans slang word.
- You guys have your slang, we have ours.
You probably think ours is really weird.
I respect that.
- But I like the "voetsek" one, because that's like,
get (beep)-ed, nicely!
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