Word of the Day [28 May 2026]

Alostro

The feeling of wanting to explain something and not finding the right term to do that,

Eish "Alostro" mfowethu (unexplainable)

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Chipi

A SePitori term for a beautiful or a hot girl.

My girlfriend ke chipi mara.

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Tlof tlof

Another word for sex. It is called tlof tlof because of the sounds during sex.

He started crying during tlof tlof.

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Unezothe

Unozethe is what Xhosa people say to refer to someone who is extremely annoying.

Yhu unezothe ke la bhuti.
That man is extremely annoying.

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Umukamo

It is a Hybrid-Kinyarwanda word to mean Milk.
It was invented by RCA boys in around 2022 due to a great increase in the love and desire for milk.

I need Umukamo right now .
T-Ruda is a great milk of all time.

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Kotini

Local term for cotton.

Sidl'ukotini kwedini.

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Gqeberha

New name for Port Elizabeth.

Did you hear that Port Elizabeth is now called Gqeberha?

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Coconut

Used as a racist remark towards black people who behave like Caucasians (White people).  Derived from the coconut fruit - "brown on the outside, white on the inside".

What were you expecting from this one? He is a coconut anyways. 

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Dyani

Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from other tribes.

I'm a Xhosa Dyani✓✓✓

(I'm a Hlubi/Sotho or Zulu Dyani) Hai ninganya minqundu

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Kaffir

A racial slur that was (and still) used by racist whites to refer to black people in South Africa.

She got arrested for calling black protester kaffir.

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Gedlela

Igedlela is a Zulu slang term for a car.

Formally, it means kettle.

Ulibonile igedlela lami elisha?

Did you see my new car?

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