a traffic roundabout, given its circular shape Coloured refers to typically brown skinned South Africans of mixed European and Khoisan or black and/or Malay ancestry, a definition formally codified under apartheid. combi/kombi/coombi a mini-van, people-carrier, especially referring to the Volkswagen Type 2 and its descendants. Not usually used in the context of minibus taxis, which are referred to as taxis. cool drink, cold drink soft drink, fizzy drink (not necessarily chilled). Groovy was used to refer to canned soft drinks (after one of the first brands to introduce the container to South Africa) :may refer to a bribe, typically to a traffic cop creepy crawly Kreepy Krauly automated pool cleaner dagga (pronounced or more commonly, ) marijuana donga an erosion ditch of the type found in South African topography (from Zulu, wall) draadkar/draad-kar a toy car which is constructed out of throw-away steel wires. entjie a cigarette. erf (plural erfs, in English, erven/erve in Dutch/Afrikaans) a plot of land in an urban area (from Cape Dutch) F-J geyser a domestic hot water heater, particularly a storage hot water heater girl in addition to its normal meaning, archaic and derogatory term for a female domestic servant of colour. Superseded by "maid", and more recently "domestic worker" or "domestic". gogga (pronounced , the latter similar to the Afrikaans pronunciation) a creepy crawly or an insect gogo Zulu word meaning grandmother/grandma, also used as a general term of respect for women of appropriate age. Became part of the iconic slogan Yebo Gogo (Yes, Grandma) from the South African cellular service-provider Vodacom homeland under apartheid, typically referred to a self-governing "state" for black South Africans howzit (colloquial) hello, how are you, good morning (despite being a contracted of 'how is it going', howzit is almost exclusively a greeting, and seldom a question) imbizo A meeting or conference, similar to a legotla or indaba, formerly called a bosberaad (Afrikaans for bush meeting): often a retreat for senior government and political officials to discuss policy. is it? (colloquial) Is that so? An all purpose exclamative, can be used in any context where "really?", "uh-huh", etc. would be appropriate, e.g. "I'm feeling pretty tired." "Is it?". indaba a conference (from Zulu, "a matter for discussion") jam (informal) can also be referred to as having a good time, partying, drinking etc. e.g. "Let's jam soon" ja (colloquial) yes (from Afrikaans "yes"). Pronounced "ya". janee, ja-nee, ja/nee, ja nee