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(n.) Contraction for "SOuth WEstern TOwnships"


A slum in South Africa where poor blacks were forced to go under apartheid. The source of many riots and bombings, it has come to be what has defined Johannesbourg and South Africa.
Soweto is the ultimate shithole. I implore all the people who think they're oppressed, particularly those 'in da hood' to go there to see what being held down is really like, pussies.
soweto by Kung-Fu Jesus May 9, 2004
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When something is bad BUT it could be a whole lot worse.
Person 1: Hey how was work today.
Person 2: Eh it was soweto.
Soweto by unpopular.onions July 22, 2018
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Soweto necklace 

A tire forced over the head/torso of an unwitting victim, dowsed in kerosene and set alight, whilst watching locals whoop and holler in frenzied excitement. Often happens to tourists/expats who unintentionally wander into the wrong district of Johannesburg, Brazzaville, Pointe Noire etc.
Trev "did you hear what hapened to Brice last night?"

Welsh Dave "no, what?"

Trev "he went out to get a KFC bucket and his moped broke down, he ended up getting a soweto necklace - cops managed to identify him from his dentures this morning"

Welsh Dave "shit dude, what happened to the KFC bucket meal?"
Soweto necklace by Mark Barber October 22, 2012

The Upper West Side Soweto 

Vampire Weekend.
"What genre of music do you listen to?"

"The Upper West Side Soweto, it's great."
The name of a person who is very sweaty and acts like a road man but in reality is scared of sexy men and sweto also pees his pants to assort dominance
Damm Syler sweto got me shook jk he gay
sweto by an insect April 16, 2021
The true identity of the most evil cocksucker ever to inhabit the face of the earth... someone that will make all of the mistakes of the 20th century look like ant piss...
When Codename "Barack Hussein Obama II" (the purported "savior") was found out to be nothing more than a narcissistic little prick with abandonment issues named Barry Soetoro it was checkmate for The Revolution thereby thwarting the century old Progressieve Movement from achieving their end game of a Communist America...
Soetoro by Jared L. Ohlinger July 1, 2009
Sowetan a word commonly autocorrected when u say sowwy.
Jason ur the best I’m Sowetan
Sowetan by Yayayayayayya August 21, 2018
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