Black Twitter is well known for educating, dragging and producing lit memes. It’s also famous for coming up with some interesting and weird names and phrases. The Daily Vox gathered up six of our favourite, words and phrases we came across on the Twitter streets in 2017.
1. Issa
A lot of people used this word incorrectly and were dragged by black Twitter. Issa is a combination of “it is†and Twitter cool kids have been coming for every soul that has been using the term out of context. Issa mess sometimes, y’all.
ur not a snack if everybody had a bite.. issa free sample LMAOOO
— Mikey MarreroðŸ (@mikeymarrero101) December 11, 2017
2. Cav the bear to zala the bonds
We still don’t know what this term means but we suspect the Braam Lords came up with this. This term was very common as caption as for images posted in #PostAndGo and SelfieTwitter. Some have translated it to slaying, but this one of Twitter’s weirdest phrases that we hope stays in 2017.
Yo DM your crush and ask them “cav bear, when are we going to zala the bonds?” 😂😂😂
— Whose Mother (@MsChardonnae) May 8, 2017
Cav the bear, zala the bonds.
(Yo don’t me I’m here to misuse a phrase I don’t even have a meaning to.) https://t.co/LC1uEVCcep— Bald X (@SolXolani) May 9, 2017
3. Nake
While this word may have not really started on Twitter, the Joburg North kids did make it a trend on Twitter. Nake, which is a cool kid term for alcohol became popular on the timeline every time folks would tweet about going out and having a nice time. We still are not sure why nake, but sure, you do you.
Now I’m trying to picture my dad vomiting because of nake.
Yeeerr I’d have to take over the house now. Clearly we don’t have a father figure https://t.co/A3HtUcijkG
— Thato (@JustThato) December 16, 2017
I’m v. nice when I’m nake but phola, that’s not the real me
— BAAB EXPERIENCE (@Rosaliaxx1) December 8, 2017
4. Give the people what they want
Despite Bonang Matheba’s reality show Being Bonang possibly never coming back after it allegedly failed to pull in viewership numbers on DSTV’s Vuzu Amp, Matheba left us with a favourite line or two. “Give the people what they want†has been quite popular among Gay Twitter and is used as a hype when someone posts lit pictures of themselves or demands something.
I LIVE FOR THIS VIDEO ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ pic.twitter.com/3GKGvSOaFP
— soft top (@King_Alu) September 26, 2017
Black Twitter asked for an episode of Driver Bae, when will #DateMyFamily give the people what they want 🙃
— Karabo Mokgoko 🦄 (@Karabo_Mokgoko) December 3, 2017
Give the people what they want. What they deserve. 💅ðŸ½ðŸ¤·ðŸ½â€â™€ï¸ðŸ‘‘ https://t.co/C7GtJxBey2
— Bonang B* Matheba (@bonang_m) September 29, 2017
5. Nyams/lamzas
We all know by now that #HoeIsLife is a thing on Twitter, but because some of our parents decided to join Twitter to stalk us, Black Twitter needed to come up with secret words and codes to refer to sex, so nyams/lamzas was created.
I remember I once woke him up at 4am for nyams. Lmao
— Mpumelelo (@MpumzaNgwenya) December 5, 2017
No kissing during nyams unless I like you
— hypebitch (@GdeLaPasture) December 5, 2017
6. “Andibazi nobazi†(I don’t even know them)
Probably one of the most hilarious phrases to come out in 2017. It blew up after Twitter user, Zukolate, posted a thread of videos of him attending a year end work function with people he did not know. After his videos went viral, so did the “andibazi nobazi†term. He continuously says the term every time one if his colleagues tries to video bomb him and we cannot stop laughing.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂“@Zukolate: When you work for a big company and don’t know half your colleagues pic.twitter.com/RwlPX7FFugâ€
— Tidimalo (@Nthabbbie) November 26, 2017
“You should come everyone is gonna be there†who is everyone yoh ha.a andizi andibazi nobazi😒😂
— somila tondile (@somilaTondile) December 8, 2017
