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.

Mntase

My brother/my sister/my best friend/


Kunjani mntase nakugcina kudala

Mudhoto

Mudhoto is slang term meaning big booty or bigass. Mudhoto is famous in Zimbabwe.


My girlfriend has mudhoto


Gurans

Gurans is a slang term used by Cape Town Xhosa speaking community that means war between rival gangs or individuals.


Ingathi ikhona igurans between lamajita.
It looks like there is some war/conflict between those guys.

Cherry

Cherry is a Kasi term to refer to a girl/female. It can also be used to refer specifically to a girlfriend


Ndikhumbula icherry yam ngoku.


Intashi

cocaine(bad quality) that originates from KZN (KwaZulu Natal) mostly Durban and PMB


labafana babhema intashi

- these boys smoke intashi

Menemene

Imenemene is a traitor or just a crook.


Yho limenemene la sisi.


Kaka

Ikaka is a term that means shit


Uthetha ikaka kwedini
You are talking shit young boy

Hierso

Hierso is a South African slang term that means "Here", "Right here". It is taken from the Afrikaans language.


"I'll be hierso goseng, wa nkolota" - Khuli Chana in No More Hunger


Gedlela

Igedlela is a Zulu slang term for a car.

Formally, it means kettle.


Ulibonile igedlela lami elisha?

Did you see my new car?

Isidubada

Isidubada is an informal Xhosa dialect where you add a “d” after every sound. For example “Molweni” would be “modolwedenidi”.


Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.




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