Word of the Day — 12 Aug 2026

Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.
Example

Luxor's Karnak Temple complex covers over 200 acres.

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A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.
Example

Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.

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Another level
Example

"Do you know where I'm qwelling?"

Tinevimbo 26 June 2024

A useless person or thing. A breathing object
Example

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



You can only rob a s’ting ting

Keith 12 November 2021
A street winner
Example

Flex is The Street Champion

Colani 12 June 2021

A frontal refers to a hairpiece that has a strip of material which runs from ear to ear.
Example

Every girl deserves ifrontal this December.

Sinazo 15 November 2022
Most African countries(Nigeria, Cameron... etc) uses "GBOLA" to describe the male private part called the 'penis'..
Example

Gbola is only for men with big 'dick', if you don't have big 'dick' you don't have "GBOLA".

Ademuwagun promise 26 August 2022

It is a word mostly used by Afrikaans speaking people that means friend or brother, depending on the context.
Example

Listen here, boet. I will moer you.

Sinazo 05 May 2022
Sbhanxa or sibhanxa is a Xhosa term for an idiot or a fool.
Example

Yeer usisbhanxa ke khona wena ufunda lewey lol

MXhosa 24 May 2021

To destroy, to leave in disorder or to mess up
Example

The how y’all now chakla this room, when I bop my eyes, that how it muh be clean.

James04 23 March 2025
A sfebe that hides behind being a feminist but do sfebe things behind closed doors.
Example

That one is just pretending to be a feminist. She actually is a sfebenist.

Varsity Dude 21 April 2021


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