Word of the Day [18 May 2026]

Congo

A Central African country with rainforests, the Congo River, and significant oil and timber resources.


Brazzaville, the capital of Congo, faces Kinshasa across the Congo River.

Madagascar

A large island nation with unique wildlife, vanilla production, and French cultural influences.


Madagascar is home to lemurs found nowhere else on Earth.

Jollof boys

Jollof boys is a name given to Nigerian men in South Africa.


Who drives that Range Rover.
It's owned by this other Jollof boy who works in Hillbrow.


Thobela

A South African Pedi tribe respectful greeting.


Thobela(Greeting).

Dumpie

A dumpie is a term that refers to a 340ml beer or cider.


I prefer drinking dumpie over a ngudu.


Nampula

Northern transportation hub and gateway to Ilha de Moçambique.


Nampula's Cathedral of Our Lady of Fatima is a regional landmark.

Wits

University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Students who go here think they breathe flavoured air and will make sure you know it.


No one:
Wits student: Wits is better than UCT but this is a conversation y'all are not ready for.


Port Harcourt

Oil industry capital in the Niger Delta with growing tech startups.


Port Harcourt hosts Africa's first WikiTown digital community project.

Flakajay

Foolish; senseless; not genuine; sub-standard; stupid


My man, I do na like dat flakajay talk.Plea make sure the phone you bi is na flakajay


Johannesburg

South Africa's financial capital, born from gold mining and now a multicultural metropolis.


Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum documents the struggle against racial segregation.

420

420, 4:20, or 4/20 (pronounced four-twenty) is cannabis culture slang for weed consumption, especially smoking around the time 4:20 p.m., and also refers to cannabis-oriented celebrations that take place annually on April 20th.


Can't wait for 420 so that I can smoke freely.




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