Word of the Day [17 Feb 2026]
East Rand
The East Rand is a major urban area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It includes the towns of Bedfordview, Benoni, Boksburg, Brakpan, Edenvale, Germiston, Kempton Park, Linksfield and Modderfontein.
I grew up in the East Rand.
MD
MD is an abbreviation that has recently been used for Matric Dance. This is the farewell function for Matriculants or grade 12 learners in South Africa.
My school's MD was lit.
Nyaope boy
This is a term used to refer to someone who smokes nyaope.
These nyaope boys would kill you for R5.
Butterfly Effect
The feeling of tiredness and or laziness that a person feels when they are slowly sobering up from smoking weed or eating edibles.
I began to go through Butterfly effect after smoking a joint
Park the bus
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way