Impimpi is a South African term for a snitch.
Example

Impimpi used to be burnt during the apartheid days.

MXhosa • 16 May 2021
A man with a weak and feminine personality
Example

hey wena stop acting like a kangethe

Wenali • 21 April 2023

A Xhosa term for grootman or just a man nje.
Example

Ayicatchi idyan. A dyan doesn't catch feelings.

DRex • 19 April 2021
Refers to being good, okay or doing well/fine.
Example

- How are you? Are you okay?

- Ngimnandi

Baba Ka ThabileJr • 20 October 2021

Ede Eki meaning "market day"
This language is spoken by Urhobo in Delta State Nigeria.
Example

Today is Ede Eki , today is market day .

French Ovotu Abraham • 09 May 2025

Nxa

It is used to describe something that is very nice or can be used when you agree or like something
Example

This food is very nxa

Nxa I'll see you later

Anxnymxus008 • 29 June 2024

A small Central African country with significant oil wealth and Spanish colonial heritage.
Example

Equatorial Guinea is Africa's only Spanish-speaking sovereign nation.

Travel Admin • 23 June 2025
A newly wed woman
Example

Ha 'Mats' epo hona le ngoetsi

Small • 26 September 2026

Amazaza is a South African slang term for Sunglasses.
Example

Why are you wearing amazaza at night?

Skhokho • 02 July 2022
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".
Example

I only have R3.50 in my bank account. Ku bird!

Marawa • 06 June 2021


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