Word of the Day [11 Jun 2026]

Kota

A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.


I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.

Cyril Ramaphosa

Cyril Ramaphosa is the current president of the Republic of South Africa.


We are calling for Cyril Ramaphosa to answer for his Phala Phala farm saga.

Alexandria

Egypt's Mediterranean jewel with Greco-Roman history and modern library.


Alexandria's Corniche stretches 20km along the seafront.


Jola

This depends on the context. Jola can be someone's clan name if you are Xhosa

It can also mean dating, see ukujola or mjolo.


NdinguJola, Mphankomo...

Jola wena, you will see the consequenses. 

Nyash

Nyash is a slang term for big booty or big ass.


"If you don't have nyash as a woman, you are just wasting your time"


Mkhwetha

Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.


Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days

Bhuti

Bhuti is a Xhosa word for big brother or just to refer to an older man.


I’ll see you tomorrow, bhuti.


Kembo

It is a word mostly used by bemba people living in Zambia Copperbelt which means coward


You're a kembo

Stufuza

Stufuza is a term for a chubby person.


I like my man as a stufuza.


Okpo

Okpo is a person, in particular a woman, who engages in sexual activity for payment


I want go carry Okpo

S’ting ting

A useless person or thing. A breathing object


He is not someone who can help you yis’ting- ting.

You can only rob a s’ting ting




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