- 1000 Words
- a lengthy and impassioned Harrang
- 337
- Cessna 'push-pull' two engined aircraft employed by Intel units as a spotter and later converted into fire platforms with rocket racks.
(sent in by Graham)
- Avo
- delicious tropical fruit - avocado pears
- Ag shame
- expression of sympathy- agh sis tog
- Ah suza wena
- You dipshit, open the windows every-one !.
- Aikona
- not on your Nelly - no ways china
- Aikona kourouma
- don't talk (pronounced Kuluma)
- Bamba -
To catch
- Bamba zonke -
To catch all, also a name for Bulawayo.
- Bareka
- hurry up
- Bi 'scope
- cinema
- Bichana
- a little
- big Fashmal
- see Indaba
- Blerrie
- all purpose adjective
- Blue Job
- Airforce (sent in by Vic)
- Bobojan
- monkey
- Boss up
- proceed with extreme caution
- Brookies
- knickers
- Brown Job
- Army (sent in by Vic)
- Bulawayo Handbag
- Uzi SMG or Rhodie produced weapon carried by local
farmers' wives! (sent in by Graham)
- Bundu
- countryside
- Bungie Pit
- Place where one sets fire to Madisons at school.
- catcha complex
- exhibit unwarranted sensitivity
- Chaeewa
- authentic, the real thing
- Checha
- quickly, on the double
- chiboolies
- see Toots - castle or Lion lager
- Chicken Run
- Leaving Rhodie during the war
(sent in by Graham)
- Chimkuya
- Biltong (sent in by Vic)
- China
- Friend (sent in by Vic)
- Chip
- Chap in some European communities
- Choom
- see Pongo
- Chopper -
Helicopter
- Circle
- traffic roundabout
- Clubbies -
Club Tomorrow, a well known night spot in Salisbury.
- Cows Guts -
Bottom end of the CBD in Salisbury.
- DAC - Douglas DC 3 Dakota, all purpose transport aircraft ordnance
delivery and para-drop platform
(sent in by Graham)
- Deadright
- see Mushi - nice
- Down South
- South Africa
- Ek se
- added to the end of every sentence during the 70's to drive parents mad
- Fireforce
- Rapid reaction units of the RLI and other regiments
(sent in by Graham)
- Flatdogs
- crocodile
- Floating handbag
- Crocodile (sent in by Vic)
- Floppy
- a cancelled terr
(sent in by Graham)
- for Africa - see Maningi - a lot, too much
- for the Ingutchini/madhouse - certifiably crazy
- Funa
- want
- G-Car, K-Car
- Allouette and Bell helicopters, gun platforms, troop
carriers and cas-evac
(sent in by Graham)
- Gapping it or Taking the Gap
- in the field, the first usually referred
to leaving the scene/evacuating a fire zone. The second was often used
to refer to those who took the: 'Chicken Run'
(sent in by Graham)
- Gemsquash
- delicious tropical veggie
- Geza
- wash
- Goeie genade
- Ooha bliksem.[Oh mye goodyesneeze mye]
- go to doo-doo's
- moms late night endearment/plea to her kids
- Gogo
- see Nunu
- Gook
or Terr - an armed 'revolutionary freedom fighter'
- Graze
- see Puza
- Gummadoolahs
- A place god only knows, no matter where you are
- Gunja
- Strong Smokes
- Guti
- very light drizzle
- Gwai
- tobacco
- Hambagashle
- chameleon
- Harrang
- to have a talk
- Hau !!!
- How can this be
- Hey
- this word has many inflections
- Honestly I promise you!
- see I Swear
- Hout
- Back African (sent in by Vic)
- Indaba
- a serious matter
- Is it!
- even though it looks like a question it must have an exclamation mark when written
- I swear!
- see Struze Fact
- Just now
- some time in the next week (soon - never, soon soon)
- Kaffir Budgie
- Fly (sent in by Vic)
- Kangela
- look at
- Kanjani
- see Uzzit
- Keep -
'a keep', a safe refuse in the sticks for muntu's ( native people) protected by Guard Force form terr's.
- Kia - house or room
- Lekker
- see Mushi
- Long Drop
- Outside Toilet (sent in by Vic) see PK
- Longs
- trousers
- Makiwa -
white people
- Maningi Indaba - a VERY serious matter
- Manya -
To run
- Mohobohobo -
delicious fruit found in the sticks
- Mombi - milk factory
- Mozzie
- Mosquito (sent in by Vic)
- Mushi
- very nice
- Munt -
One who's native to the land, Muntu (Umuntu) - 'People'
- Muti - any medicine
- Nunu
- insect/pest
- Nyama
- flesh of the Mombe
- Nyombies
- a delicious pair of breasts
- Only
- see Sterek
- Ooha Bliksem
- Goeie Genade
- Ou
- male human
- Padkos
- word used when stopping to buy crisps/cokes etc when going for a drive of over 10k's
- Pancake -
Landmine
- Paw Paw - poofy Pongo politician
- Pongo
- UK resident
- Poofie
- see Sis
- Picanin
- small child
- Picaninni
- something small
- Pikkanin Kiya
- Outside Toilet (sent in by Vic)
- PK
- Pikkanin Kiya (sent in by Vic)
- "Praat jy Afrikaans ?"
- A psychic Dutchman that can't speak English.
- Pull Through
- skinny runt
- Putsy
- really simple, easy
- Puza
- to eat
- Rhino, Hippo
- armoured transport
(sent in by Graham)
- Revving
- a burst of automatic fire from a 'Jimpy' [GPMG General Purpose
Machine Gun].
(sent in by Graham)
- Robot
- traffic light
- to Rock Up
- to arrive at the scene
- Sadza
- maize porridge
- Sagubona -
Good morning!
- Scout -
generally refered to Selous scouts or Grey scouts.
- Shanya
- crazy
- Sharp end -
Sticks - Hostile territory
- Shesh - a concentrated bout of activity
- Shupa
- to annoy
- Shuttine
- A place somewhere north of where you are, and probably a place you will never visit.
- Skuzapo
- Selous Scout encounter in the bush
(sent in by Graham)
- Slops
- stripped down Takkies
- Sis !
- express repulsion
- Skys
- Bulawayo
- Slopie
- South African Police fighting in Rhodesia (sent in by Vic)
- Sometime now
- this year, manjimanji - maybe this week).
- Soutpeel
- An Englishman
- Spans
- variation of Sterek or Maningi
- Sterek
- very or very much
- Struze fact
- emphatic phrase
- Sundowner
- an evening drink (alcohol)
- Takkies
- plimsolls
- Tchiya
- to deliver a knuckle sandwich
- Tchwala
- booze
- Tenga
- to buy
- Terr
- an armed 'revolutionary freedom fighter'
(sent in by Graham)
- throw a Thrombie
- see 1000 words
- to get the Hellin
- to catch a complex
- Toots
- drinks
- Troopie
- national serviceman
- Under Rods
- masculine form of Brookies
- Uphill
- see 1000 words
- Uzzit
- common form of salutation
- Voetsak
- get away!
- Xmas Beetle
- an ultrasonic Nunu
- Zambian Airforce
- Mozzies (sent in by Vic)
- Zap Gun
- FN Rifle (sent in by Vic)
- Zizz
- a siesta
- Zonke
- all
