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.

Abeg

A pidgin term for "please" or "I beg".


Abeg! No waste my time!

Skomora

Is a term that means jerking off or masturbating.


I caught my little brother eskomora.


Ricks

a person that wont let you rob or disrespect him.


You better treat me with respect others i will show you my Ricks side.

Beira

Indian Ocean port city with Portuguese colonial heritage.


Beira's Macuti Lighthouse offers panoramic views of the coastline.


Pipe

South African
slang commonly used in a Hip-Hop context for Hookah Pipe or “Hubbly-Bubbly”


Hade Broer, can you skyf pipe there?

Nyisa

Show you flames or to literally make you shit yourself.


Mjolo will nyisa you. 


Isichitho

isichitho is curse or spell that is made by people using a muthi to make a divisions in a relationship, sometimes families, by making a victim unattractive and annoying.


They tried to use isichitho to make my boyfriend dump me.

Pap

Limpopo people's favourite food, made from maize meal.


We need more pap for the braai.


After 9

After 9 is a term used to refer to men who act straight but are secretly gay or homosexual at night (After 9pm).


Ma after 9 are always after my friend at groove.

Unezothe

Unozethe is what Xhosa people say to refer to someone who is extremely annoying.


Yhu unezothe ke la bhuti.
That man is extremely annoying.




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