Word of the Day [30 Jan 2026]

Kovsie

A student at the University of the Free State.


Only a Kovsie knows the feeling.

Model C

In South Africa, Model C was the semi-private schools back in the day which were initially only allowing whites.


He speaks that Model C English.

Iphara

Iphara is a South African slang term for a drug addict, mostly those ones who terrorise the community.


He was doing well until he started smoking nyaope. He has now become iphara.


Botty

These word BOTTY stand for a person which comes from a rich background


Soyinka is a botty boy

Thungisani

What this other gender say when a guy buys them a lousy streetwise 2.


He took me out yesterday, thungisani


Patla

Someone who is not good at something


Chomi ya ka ke patla ka bolo

Gun Dubula

A Gun Dubula is a person in Kasi who carries a gun and shoots people (trigger happy).


Do you remember that Gun Dubula who jumped the school fence and shot a rival gang member who was writing exams?


Rudo

Love


Anondipa Rudo(She/He gives me love )

Should of

The incorrect way of spelling "should have"


Should of known you was trouble from the first kiss.


Burundi

A small East African nation with hilly terrain, known for coffee production and recent political challenges.


Lake Tanganyika forms Burundi's southwestern border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Poni

Iponi is a term they use in Gqeberha for a guy, a gent, a bro. Sort of Mjita.


Yho I haven’t seen la poni in a while.




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