Word of the Day [20 Sep 2025]
Ungenaphi?
An African proverb (apparently), is taken from Xhosa and directly translate to "where do you enter?". It means how is that/this any of your concern?
Guy: I don't like the fact that you smoke.
Girl: Ungenaphi?
Ikati ilele eziko
This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.
Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.
Cyril Ramaphosa
The most useless president South Africa has ever had.
Things are falling apart in Mzansi because of Cyril Ramaphosa.
Groove Shaming
The act of making people who go to groove feel bad about it and make it look like it’s wrong.
I won’t stop going out, you can continue with your groove shaming.