Word of the Day — 01 Nov 2026
Variations: mgowo, gowa, gowisha, gowishing.
I'm so broke, ngumgowo nje wodwa mntase.
Financially, ndiyagowa.
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Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for “plenty” or “enough”. Used in Xhosa as a term for “That’s enough”often in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for “ew”.
In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence “a place of milk”. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambushe’s nickname: Rharhabe meaning “Minister of Plenty”.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: I’m going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say “Stop it. Rha! That’s enough”
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say “Rha! Poo”
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say “Rha!”
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say “Rha! I out did myself”
Feeling pretty? “Rha! I’m beautiful”
South Africa hosted the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the first in Africa.
If you can make it in Soshanguve, you can make it anywhere.
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I'm struggling to wake up today because babalaas is nyisaring me.
What were you expecting from this one? He is a coconut anyways.
Malawi relies heavily on agriculture, with tobacco as a major export crop.
Slimes will bite your head off if you say something negative about A-Reece
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