Keely Goodall27 January 2025 | 6:07
WATCH: Americans confused by South African slang word 'babalas'
These babalas tourists completely misunderstand the word.
Picture: @ brashaadmayweather/tiktok
Bongani Bingwa speaks with Jonathan ‘Khabazela’ Fairbairn about what’s going viral.
Listen below:
When visiting another country, the local slang can be confusing.
Two American tourists spotted some babalas biltong in a shop and completely misunderstood what it was for.
While we know that babalas is a hangover, the one tourist assumed, based on his pronunciation, it meant ‘big old booty’ or a 'bubble butt'.
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“I think we must be very unique in comparison to the rest of the world with certain things we have slang words for.”
- Jonathan ‘Khabazela’ Fairbairn
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