Word of the Day — 02 Nov 2026
The South African former president.
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Times were nice during Jacob Zuma’s time.
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Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.
Slippers or flip-flops (from a coastal town name).
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Wear your charlie wote make we go beach.
South African soccer team from Naturena, Soweto. It is arguably the club with the most annoying supporters in South Africa. Kaizer Chiefs fans think their team went to a private school. They think it's the Woolworths of soccer teams.
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You also support Kaizer Chiefs? That's why you are so annoying.
It means "yes", but it is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative. It's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!".
Example
Man 1: Are you gonna watch the game tomorrow?
Man 2: Yebo yes!
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Losing heavily in a race, video game, or sports match.
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Kaizer Chiefs got smoked by Milford.
Isishumane or sishimane is a South African term used to refer to a single person who is not single by choice. It is mostly used in a mocking manner.
Example
Aisuka, that one sisishumane esikhulu.
This is West African word to mean a sexy, well-shaped big and flawless ass or backside of a woman which is mostly considered attractive and lovely when choosing a desired woman.
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Bring that nyash close, I want to feel it if it's real or not
cash, stash , dough, (relation to money in general.)
Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.
Serendipitously the word is a title of the song that shook the whole mzansi, nation as a whole, it was in every corner one would turn.
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ntwana ako sike gumba dar, lend me some cash nyana.
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