Word of the Day — 12 Aug 2026
Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.
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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.
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Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.
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
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.
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".
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.
Sbhanxa or sibhanxa is a Xhosa term for an idiot or a fool.
Example
Yeer usisbhanxa ke khona wena ufunda lewey lol
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.
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That one is just pretending to be a feminist. She actually is a sfebenist.
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