Balloon Village

A small village based in Limpopo just outside Tzaneen. It is the only village in Limpopo that has a rich soil when it comes to farming. It is known for having all sorts of scarce fruits and vegetables.


I was born and bred in Balloon village



Mjita

A Kasi term for "guy". The plural will be Majita.


I was just chilling namajita.



Chop rice

Chop rice is a Nigerian slang term that means “eat rice”.


Ehhhhh. Chop rice, chop rice, chop rice.



eMonti

eMonti is the Xhosa name for East London, a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa.


Masambe siye eMonti.
Let's go to East London.



Agbarha-otor

Agbarha-otor is a kingdom in north part of ughelli Delta state Nigeria. The meaning of Agbarha-otor: tier and loss Land


Let's tier and loss the land.
It's a misery words used and also some part ritual of the initiation of the ancient ancestors used for the generations to trace thier way back home



Yebo

It means "yes", but it is used as an extremely expressive form of the affirmative. It's often used as a double positive, saying "Yebo yes!".


Man 1: Are you gonna watch the game tomorrow?
Man 2: Yebo yes!



amaWaka Waka

A term used in South African high schools—coined by the Matric Class of 2024—to refer to students born in 2010 during the FIFA World Cup hosted in South Africa. The nickname comes from the tournament’s official anthem, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” by Shakira. It’s commonly used to refer to Grade 8 learners of 2024, most of whom were born that year.


Eish, amaWaka Waka were making noise while we were writing.



Isjumbane

Isjumbane is a weapon used in prison to beat a person up. It is a snooker (pool) ball put inside a sock or a metal cup hooked in a belt.


They broke his teeth when they were beating him up with a sjumbane.



Ugandan Shilling

Currency of Uganda (UGX) issued by the Bank of Uganda. 1 Shilling = 100 cents.


The current shilling was introduced in 1987 after economic reforms.



Park the bus

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.


Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way




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