World Cup Speak

When you come to South Africa this year, you may need to understand a few of the following (slang) words which are commonly used in the country:

A Babalaas (pronounced Bub-ba-lars) is what you are going to get from too much booze - a hell of a hangover!
A Bakkie (pronounced like "lucky") is a small truck like a 'pick-up' in the States or a 'Ute' in Australia, and comes either open at the back without a canopy, or closed in with a canopy.
Biltong is dried raw meat (maybe beef, ostrich or any South African buck, ie antelope). Called beef jerky in the US, it is an acquired taste, but a great snack with a variety of flavourings like spicy, garlic peri-peri etc. You have to try it when you're here.
A Boer means farmer in Afrikaans, but is often used to refer to any Afrikaans-speaking person.
Boerewors is a spicy farmstyle sausage and eaten regularly by most people in South Africa. Often shortened to 'boerie'.
A Braai (pronounced like "fly") is a barbecue. In South Africa we braai steak, boerewors, chicken, lamb etc. We do not braai hot dogs and hamburgers!
Bunny Chow is food, often curry or beans, served in a hollowed-out loaf of bread. The piece of bread taken out of the loaf is also given to you to dunk in the curry. An Indian speciality originating in Durban.
Dof (pronounced dorf) means dull, stupid or not too clever.
Dorp is a small town, usually in a rural area.
Dwaal (pronounced dwarl) means a dreamlike or confused state - vacuous with a blank stare.
Eina (pronounced ay-nah) means ouch!
Eish (pronounced aysh) is a Zulu expression for shock or surprise. "Eish! That was home goal!"
Howzit is the most common way of saying hallo to someone - the answer is often "No, fine thanks" where no means yes!
Just now means "soon" as in "I'll see you just now", which may mean in 10 minutes time, tomorrow, or next week! If you want to say "immediately", you say "now now".
Klippies and coke means brandy and coke, named after Klipdrift, a popular cheap brandy.
Lekker is an Afrikaans word used by many people of all language groups. It means nice, pleasant, good, etc.
A Laaitie (prononunced "lightey") means 'child' or 'youngster'.
An Ou (pronounced "O") means the same as bloke in English. Hence "a lekker ou" is "a good bloke"!
Padkos is an Afrikaans word meaning literally "road food". It refers to the sarmies (sandwiches), biltong, chips (crisps), cooldrink (soft drinks), and other lekker chow that you are taking on your journey.
A Robot is what we call a traffic light in South Africa.
A Samoosa (pronounced with an "oo") is the same as a 'samosa' in England.
A Skebenga is a Zulu word meaning "gangster, crook or ruffian".
Skinner means "gossip".
Smaak means "taste" in Afrikaans but is used as slang to mean "like or enjoy" as in "I smaak boerewors."
A Sosatie is like a kebab, but includes pieces of tomato, pepper, onion and/or fruit interspersed between the slices of meat or chicken. Delicious!

There are a host of other South African slang words, but this is just a taster.