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Eish - (Origins: Unknown) (pronounced like aysh but also, less often, as ish) - Used to express everything ranging from frustration to surprise to disapproval, but also just everyday acknowledgement of things you can't change like "Eish, the traffic is bad today". You will hear it within a few minutes of each and every day! Also used to indicate displeasure.
Uses: At the time I was the only black guy and I used to ask myself “Eish, what am I doing here?”
Eish, Sister (commiserations to a female friend; our white Sandton neighbours say "shame, doll" to mean the same thing) Dankie Timer.
Eish, dankie, dankie (meaning "thank you, yes, I hear you, old man ie old timer, sorry, thanks, thanks".


ERockasi - Diepklooof , suburb in Soweto (Slang from Dumisani hakathi)

Emzambhiya - Zola township in Soweto. (Slang from Dumisani Phakathi)

Egwapos - Refers to a pair of funny looking boots. Origin: From a character in the movie Three Amigos, who used to wear funny and ragged looking boots. Uses: Look at his egwapos.
(Sent in by Kwela Tebza)