Word of the Day [15 Feb 2026]

Kaizer Chiefs

South African soccer team from Naturena, Soweto. It is arguably the club with the most annoying supporters in South Africa. Kaizer Chiefs fans think their team went to a private school. They think it's the Woolworths of soccer teams.


You also support Kaizer Chiefs? That's why you are so annoying.

Isjumbane

Isjumbane is a weapon used in prison to beat a person up. It is a snooker (pool) ball put inside a sock or a metal cup hooked in a belt.


They broke his teeth when they were beating him up with a sjumbane.

SAPA

A term used to describe extreme poverty


SAPA don hold my guy


Hule

Ihule is another Xhosa term for a whore or sfebe.
Plural: Amahule


yhu lihule usisi wakho.

Betway

The online betting site that's chowing 90% of South African men and a couple of women.


Stop wasting your money on betting. Betway will kill you a real death.


Rekere

Rekere is a Fool


O nketsa rekere(You are making me a fool)

Jaiva

To jaiva is to dance.


I need to learn uku jaiva.


Thsuf

Thsuf is another South African street name for crystal meth or tik.


They smoke thsuf and do iwalk ye phara.

Kangethe

A man with a weak and feminine personality


hey wena stop acting like a kangethe


Stocko

Used to define a beautiful girl with nyash,like your imaginary hun


That hun is a stocko

Qlyv

Qlyv is a shortened version of "Ndiyaqala uyiva", a Xhosa term that means "it is my first time hearing about it".


Girl 1: I hear you are dating Thabo.
Girl 2: Qlyv




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