Word of the Day [17 Dec 2025]

Mahlalela

Umahlalela is a Xhosa term for an unemployed person.

uRamaphosa uyamthanda umahlalela, uvele amnike iR350.
Ramaphosa loves the unemployed, he just gives them R350.

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Pere

Pere is the Xhosa term for a pear 🍐

Ndifuna ukutya ipere.

I want to eat a pear.

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Uncle Vinny

A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.

Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.

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Oledi

Oledi is a slang term for mother.
It is basically another spelling for "old lady"

I would kill a nigga for oledi.

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Nton nton

Is a Xhosa term used when you don't know the name of something or the term for something. Can also be used when you don't know someone's name.

1. I had that Mc nton nton burger from Mc Donald's.
2. Mr. Nton nton from school called again.

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Nyoko

Unyoko is a Nguni term that means mother. It is mostly used in a rude manner.

Umsunu kanyoko
Your mother's cunt

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Howzit

Common South African greeting that translates roughly as “How are you?”, “How are things?” or just “Hello”. It is derived from “How is it?”

Ola my bro, howzit there?

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Yebo

It means "yes", but it is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative. It's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!".

Man 1: Are you gonna watch the game tomorrow?
Man 2: Yebo yes!

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Welele

Its more of a word of disbelief or a lie example when someone says something like"oh i'm sure she's a humble girl and doesn't do thing like other people her age" but you know that's not true it like you know something but instead you use the phase "welele" to like tell the other person that it's not true or it's a lie

"Did you hear that she broke up with her boyfriend again" then someone says "welele" in disbelief

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Japa

Japa is a slang term derived from the Yoruba language. Japa simply means ‘to run swiftly’ out of a dangerous situation.

To 'Japa' means to abort, run, avoid, terminate, retreat or remove yourself from a situation, if used in a sentence.

I wan japa go South Africa next year.

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Mary

The only female Webster Spida loves

Mary is so esculent

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