Ingcibi is a Xhosa traditional surgeon who performs circumcisions on young males during initiation.
Example
His grandfather is ingcibi of the village.
The colloquial term used by us South Africans to refer to our country. It is the Xhosa word for the "South" part in South Africa. The full word is Mzantsi Africa. "South Africa".
Example
I stay in Mzantsi and proud of it.
Example
Ey wena uyathanda uku jiva.
You like dancing
A guy who carries out 419 fraud on the internet (Those Nigerian prince scams).
Example
I got scammed all my money by a Yahoo boy from Abuja.
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Example
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
Grigamba is a derogatory term used in South Africa to refer to a foreigner.
Example
She really likes going out with ama grigamba.
Term mostly used in the Northern parts of the country to refer to sweet flavoured and coloured popcorns.
Some parts of the country call them amaKip-kip
Some parts of the country call them amaKip-kip
Example
I bought my nephews some skopas from the Spaza shop.
Mogodu is a South African dish which is a combination of chopped serobe (tripe) and mala (intestines), served as a stew often with hot pap or dumpling
Example
I can’t wait for Monday so that I can have mogodu at Mogodu Monday.
Sembi is a Xhosa social media term that means ugly or bad.
Mbi in Xhosa means ugly when referring to a person and means bad when referring to a situation.
Mbi in Xhosa means ugly when referring to a person and means bad when referring to a situation.
Example
Me posting a picture of my child:
Facebook friends: Sembi bundle of joy wakho mntkbw.
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