Ithuvi is a Xhosa slang term for shit or kaka.
Example

Uthetha ithuvi.

You are talking shit.

MXhosa 13 October 2022
Algeria's whitewashed capital with French colonial boulevards.
Example

Algiers' Casbah is a UNESCO-listed maze of Ottoman-era alleys.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

The term is believed to have originated from internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys. In Nigerian pop culture, it has become an alternative way of asking someone to show you the way.
Example

My sister, cut soap for me na this New year!

Adeola 05 January 2024
Derived from a Xhosa term "andisamthandi" which means I love him/her so much.
Context is very important when it comes to this word because it also means "I no longer love him/her".
Example

Girl: Is that your child there

Guy: Yes, that's my baby girl.

Girl: Yhu samthandi mntkbw

Sinazo 27 April 2021

Ndambo (Noun): is dollars ($) inflow, giving massively and changing narratives.



Ndambolist (Noun): is a person who turns others into millionaires and changer of narratives.



Ndambolisation (Verb): the process of turning others into instant millionaires and giving massively.



Ndambology (Noun): the scientific study of Ndambo.



Ndambolize (Verb): the joy of being turned into an instant millionaire.
Example

Ollus ndambolized his mother before marrying the woman of dreams

McOllus 01 September 2022
Sjura is a derogatory Xhosa slang term for a whore or hoe.
Example

Hayi Maan sisjura lewey

MXhosa 31 January 2022

Trouble; problem; headache(from Bassa)
Example

Dis boy es full of fuan-fuan I do na wan any fuan-fuan

James04 23 March 2025
A nyatsi is a woman who is dating a married man. Sort of the same as a side chick.
Example

No one:

Daily Sun: Korobela chased my nyatsi.

Sinazo 05 May 2021

Boksburg is a city on the East Rand of Gauteng province of South Africa. Gold was discovered in Boksburg in 1887. Boksburg was named after the State Secretary of the South African Republic, W. Eduard Bok.
Example

I can't wait to visit my brother in Boksburg.

Maps 14 June 2024
Joy Of Missing Out. Feeling content with staying in and disconnected as a form of self-care.

Antonym: FOMO
Example

Ever since I stopped drinking, I moved from FOMO to JOMO.

Mr Trends 23 November 2020


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