“Momo” is short for mobile money in Ghana.



The phrase “Do am momo” directly translates to “Do it mobile money”, meaning just send it via mobile money.
Example

Friend 1: Here is some gift for your birthday.

Friend 2: Do Am Momo.

Kofi 4 days ago
A large, arid North Central African country with oil reserves and Lake Chad, facing desertification challenges.
Example

N'Djamena, the capital of Chad, lies along the Chari River near the Cameroon border.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

Also known as babalaas is hangover.
Example

Stlamatlama is killing me today.

Sinazo 12 April 2021
Inyhori is a Xhosa slang term that’s used to refer to someone with one eye.
Example

They stabbed him in the eye, now yinyhori.

Pronunciation
by MXhosa
MXhosa 16 August 2025

A man/boy/guy, also synonymous with "gent", "mjita".

Plural: Ma auti
Example

I was out with ma auti

Mike 01 June 2022
The Kasi term for a whore or hoe.
Example

This girl ke sfebe.

Mbali 05 March 2021

The feeling of tiredness and or laziness that a person feels when they are slowly sobering up from smoking weed or eating edibles.
Example

I began to go through Butterfly effect after smoking a joint

Yung_B.I.C 26 October 2022
A slang term for sex or tlof tlof.
Example

Why do guys fall asleep immediately after umdavazo?

Danny 04 November 2022

A revered gay celebrity (Somizi Mhlongo) in South Africa. The name has come to identify a gay person.
Example

Girl 1: Check out that fine guy in a blue shirt.

Girl 2: Don't even bother, he's a Somizi.

Khisa 10 April 2023
A pidgin term for "please" or "I beg".
Example

Abeg! No waste my time!

Adeola 20 July 2020


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