A Xhosa term used to tell someone that you are going through the most.
Variations: mgowo, gowa, gowisha, gowishing.
Variations: mgowo, gowa, gowisha, gowishing.
Example
I'm so broke, ngumgowo nje wodwa mntase.
Financially, ndiyagowa.
When you are so broke, you literally have nothing left under your name.
Example
1. I've been living on pap and atchaar because I'm financially deceased.
2. I can't pay you this week, I am financially deceased.
The South African Women's soccer team.
Example
Banyana Banyana is the best women's soccer team in Africa, unlike Bafana Bafana.
The weakest soccer team in Africa and the rest of the world.
Example
Even Banyana Banyana can beat your beloved Bafana Bafana.
This word can be used in any context. You can use it to greet, to say goodbye, to indicate you are happy. Etc.
This is a South African way of saying Barbecue.
Example
Tonight, we deserve to have braai and celebrate the great year we've had
A rich, usually older guy who exchanges his money for sexual benefits from young girls and/or boys.
Example
Chomie, I got this new iPhone from my Blesser.
Used as a racist remark towards black people who behave like Caucasians (White people). Derived from the coconut fruit - "brown on the outside, white on the inside".
Example
What were you expecting from this one? He is a coconut anyways.
The South African national soccer team. The team that only qualifies by default (when they host).
Example
Bafana Bafana plays shit!
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