A Southern African country with Victoria Falls, rich mineral resources, and economic challenges.
Example
Zimbabwe's Great Zimbabwe ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site from an ancient civilization.
How South Africans say “traffic lights” because “traffic lights” is too long and doesn’t sound futuristic enough.
Example
No one:
Passenger in a taxi: After robot, driver.
When a group of Maskandi Artists chants to see their King of Kings (Isilo) in the Maskandi genre. The current King of Kings is Dr Khangelani "DSD" “uGqoko” Mhlongo.
Example
Ziyahlaba izinsizwa “LUPHI UGQOKO” lwethu
Ku bird is a term that means "it's bad". Like when the situation gets really really bad. People use "bird" because it sounds the same as "bad".
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I only have R3.50 in my bank account. Ku bird!
Umgxobhozo yindawo echifichifi ngenxa yodaka namanzi, emva kokuba kunethe imvula ngamandla.
In English umgxobhozo is a swamp.
In English umgxobhozo is a swamp.
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Ngenxa yokuqhuba amatakane, uyise kaThando uthe dyumpu emgxobhozweni.
A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.
Example
Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!
AKA Orientation week or 0-week, Is the first week of University where students are supposed to be orientated but they spend it binge drinking and making bad decisions.
Example
I will never forget how awesome O-week was this year.
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