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.
Die poppie sal dans
Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance
Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.
Gombo
The indigenous name for the City of East London meaning the new farming area or new development. The name was given by the precolonial Xhosas to the City following its establishment after the Sixth Frontier War. Today it is mistakenly pronounced Gompo
owing to the Christianization of the Xhosa language by early African converts writers who owing to growing up in mission station could not comprehend Xhosa properly and had a habit of changing the spelling of Xhosa words they did not understand.
Going to East London?
I’m going to Gombo
Ziyamporoma
It is really good; it is intense.
Used to signify fun or excitement.
Yebo, ziyaporoma
Tshela u-barman nomayini
Groove Shaming
The act of making people who go to groove feel bad about it and make it look like it’s wrong.
I won’t stop going out, you can continue with your groove shaming.
Haganapayi
Haganapayi or haganapie is a Xhosa slang word that means empty head or idiot.
Don’t tell me about that haganapayi, azithi dadobawo pha.