in the Atlantic Ocean. spanspek a cantaloupe spaza an informal trading post/convenience store found in townships and remote areas standard besides other meanings, used to refer to a school grade higher than grades 1 and 2 (now defunct) State President head of state between 1961 and 1994 - the position is now the President of South Africa Stompie A discarded cigarette / cigarette butt-end. Also: another name for a rumour that is generally made up and not reliable. T-Z tackies, takkies, tekkies sneakers, trainers tea room convenience store, used by Durbanites (see also cafe). thumb suck an estimate that is based on a pure guess and not based on any sort of analysis. tickey box, ticky-box, tiekieboks a payphone, derived from "tickey" coin (threepenny coin minted in 1892), as one had to insert a coin to make a call. Archaic, and superseded by public phone and payphone. town the Central Business District (CBD) of a town or city, used without the definite article ("let's go to town to buy clothes"). CBD tends to be used in more formal contexts. township residential area, historically reserved for black Africans, Coloureds or Indians under apartheid. Sometimes also used to describe impoverished formally designated residential areas largely populated by black Africans, established post-Apartheid. Formerly called a location. Also has a distinct legal meaning in South Africa's system of land title, with no racial connotations. veld virgin bush, especially grassland or wide open rural spaces. Afrikaans for Field. vetkoek Afrikaner deep fried dough bread See also List of South African slang words References South African English Languages of South Africa South African regionalisms South Africa English regionalisms