Word of the Day — 21 Aug 2026

Ingxaza is a Xhosa slang term for pants.
Example

β€œChapha chapha chapha, amanzi ingxaza yam”

MXhosa 06 October 2023
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A SePitori term for nyaope withdrawal symptoms.

Drugs/Nyaope cravings.
Example

Others are having alostro because of lockdown.

Sinazo 05 March 2021
A narrow West African country with palm-lined beaches, phosphate mining, and French influence.
Example

LomΓ©, Togo's capital, is a major port city on the Gulf of Guinea.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

Malegeni is a slang term used in Zambia to refer to a catapult or a slingshot. It is typically a Y-shaped wooden branch with rubber bands attached, used to shoot small stones or pellets.
Example

The politician waved a malegeni during the rally to make a symbolic statement against the government.

Ken 20 July 2026
10111 is the number for Police in South Africa. It is the equivalent of 911.

The downside is that it probably won’t be answered so don’t bother calling it when in an emergency.
Example

I tried calling 10111 five times but no one is picking up.

CG 22 July 2026

A frontal refers to a hairpiece that has a strip of material which runs from ear to ear.
Example

Every girl deserves ifrontal this December.

Sinazo 15 November 2022
Xhosa plural for a chief’s counsellors. The singular is ipakati. From pachatu an ancient Babylonia word for governor.
Example

My ancestors were amapakati of Chief Ngqika.

Sgasa 21 May 2025

An enclosure for livestock, or a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
Example

Make sure the kraal is clean before the elders come back.

DRex 05 May 2021
A man with a weak and feminine personality
Example

hey wena stop acting like a kangethe

Wenali 21 April 2023

A large, arid North Central African country with oil reserves and Lake Chad, facing desertification challenges.
Example

N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, lies along the Chari River near the Cameroon border.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025
A very strong strain of dagga or weed grown in Durban.
Example

This is not your normal shit, this is Durban poison.

Siya 13 June 2024


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