Word of the Day — 20 Oct 2026
Nongogo is a vulgar Xhosa term that means a whore.
Example
Ndipeyile namhlanje, I should get unongogo.
I got paid today, I should get a whore.
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Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.
Extreemly stingy.
Example
He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Example
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
Ekurhuleni is a metropolitan municipality that forms the local government of the East Rand region of Gauteng, a large suburban region east of Johannesburg. Ekurhuleni means "place of peace" in XiTsonga.
Example
I prefer Ekurhuleni over City of Johannesburg.
Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for ‘ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say ‘rha’.
Synonym; sies
Synonym; sies
Example
*sees something very disgusting*
Me: Rha
A stokvel is a savings pool where a group of individuals contribute an agreed-upon monthly amount. The group have full control of how they would like to use that money. Two common methods are to pay out monthly or annually. The group can make monthly pay-outs, or they could keep investing their savings and get a lump sum at the end of the year.
Example
I have joined a stockvel with the members of my community where we get monthly payouts.
Roomza / Rumza is your roommate. It is mostly used to refer to res roommate or hostel roommate.
Example
My roomza likes stealing my groceries.
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