Mzansi another name for South Africa, from the Xhosa word for "South". naartjie a mandarin orange (from Indonesian via Afrikaans), a tangerine in Britain. Mandarin is used in Durban, rather than naartjie now now (colloquial) derived from the Afrikaans ''nou-nou'' (which can be used both in future- and immediate past-tense) idiomatically used to mean soon, but not immediately (sooner than just now in South Africa, but similar to just now in the United Kingdom) O-R outjie a person, similar to "bloke" (man) ousie Afrikaans for maid/housekeeper, usually applied only to female housekeepers of colour, but is far more derogatory than maid/mate and is often never used except to be derogatory. pap porridge-like dish made from maize meal (cornmeal) poppie (informal) a ditzy woman (derogatory term), from the Afrikaans word pop, meaning a doll potjie a cast iron dutch oven. robot besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic lights. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time. rondavel round free-standing hut-like structure, usually with a thatched roof,. rusk a type of bread or pastry that was traditionally dried to extend its shelf life, and that is dipped in tea or coffee. S samp dried and roughly ground maize kernels, similar to American grits sarmie a sandwich samoosa a small triangular pastry of Indian origin. South African spelling and pronunciation of samosa. Sangoma a traditional African healer shame an exclamation denoting sympathy as in "shame, you poor thing, you must be cold". Also used to describe a ''cuteness factor''. sharp, shapp, shapp-shapp, pashasha, pashash General positive exclamation meaning "OK", "all's good", "no worries", or "goodbye". Often accompanied by a thumbs-up gesture. A similar, more recent term used in Cape Town is aweh. Also means intelligent (that laaitie is sharp). shebeen (also used in Ireland and Scotland) an illegal drinking establishment, nowadays meaning any legal, informal bar, especially in townships shongololo, songololo millipede (from Zulu and Xhosa, ukushonga, to roll up) skyfie segment of an orange or other citrus fruit snackwich a Jaffle-style toasted sandwich made in an electric toaster sosatie a kebab on a stick soutie derogatory term for an English-speaking South African, from the Afrikaans soutpiel (literally "salty penis"), which referred to British colonial settlers who had one foot in England, one foot in South Africa and, consequently, their manhood dangling