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.

Cairo

Egypt's sprawling capital on the Nile, home to ancient pyramids and modern urban life.


Cairo's Khan el-Khalili bazaar has been trading since the 14th century.

Pozi

To stand and be at alert or wait.


Pozi for here. Meaning wait for (me) here.

Pozi make dem no loss you. Stand at alert so that you're not pickpocketed


Carboy

Conductor driver assistant who collects fares.


I can't drive dis truck without a carboy

Nkantina

Marijuana, weed


We smoked nkantina last night


Nyash

It's a boneless, spongy and soft structure at the back of a woman,consisting of eastern and western hemispheres that make men go crazy.


Siiet! That woman has some fine soft Nyash.

Nyaope

The drug that is killing the youth of South Africa. It makes these kids do all crazy things just to get that high.


He is behaving like this because he smoked nyaope.


Ngxe

Pardon me. Particularly in an official and formal setting e.g. in a meeting or when asking for forgiveness from the elderly.


"Ngxe, bantakwethu." - Pardon me, my kin.

Port Harcourt

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


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


U gerrit

Do you understand


Do u gerrit

Snxl

Derived from Xhosa term "Andisenxile" which means I am so drunk. It is mostly used by girls on social to indicate that they've had too much to drink.
Can also be spelled as senxl.


Yho snxl kamnandi mntkbw.




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