Word of the Day — 29 Aug 2026

Ukuxhoma is a general Kasi term that means flexing or showing off.
Example

Ever since he got his RAF money, uyaxhoma now.

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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.
Example

I need Umukamo right now .

T-Ruda is a great milk of all time.

KEEN 07 November 2023
These word EFIKO stand for a brilliant person
Example

Tolu is an efiko of our class

Muhammed 28 November 2024

They will hurt you.
Example

Tlohela banyana batlao hurda!

Colani 24 May 2021
A stable West African democracy known for gold, cocoa, and as a center of pan-African culture.
Example

Ghana was the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence from colonial rule.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

A Twi greeting meaning "How are you?" or "How is it?"
Example

Eti sen? Everything okay?

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026
A fat woman who looks like an idiot.

She doesn't think she's full of diabetes.
Example

The fattest woman is Ngwije.

Even God himself can't reduce her weight.

RCA bwoys 29 November 2023

A lavish Nigerian party, especially Yoruba celebrations with music and food.
Example

We dey go owanbe this weekend.

Admin 26 July 2026
Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (β€œwhite”) and African (β€œblack”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.
Example

Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.

LinguistZA 03 November 2022

The skrr skrr way of saying clean.
Example

Just got a new haircut. I look tlean.

Zet 21 May 2021
Algeria's whitewashed capital with French colonial boulevards.
Example

Algiers' Casbah is a UNESCO-listed maze of Ottoman-era alleys.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025


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