Ganja

Ganja is a widely used term to refer to weed or marijuana.


I'm gonna go home and smoke some ganja.



Nqanqatheka

Ukunqanqatheka is a Xhosa term for cigarette or tobacco cravings.
When one is craving a cigarette, we say unqanqathekile, or s/he will say ndinqanqathekile.


The way ndinqanqatheke ngayo you'd swear I didn't just smoke now.



Roomza

Roomza / Rumza is your roommate. It is mostly used to refer to res roommate or hostel roommate.


My roomza likes stealing my groceries.



Letsabitsa

Nothern Sotho word, popular in Limpopo use to describe a beautiful girl.


That girl is hot gents. Ke Letsabitsa.



Libya

A North African country with oil wealth, Mediterranean coastline, and recent political turmoil.


Ancient Leptis Magna in Libya contains some of the best-preserved Roman ruins.



Molo

A Xhosa greeting used to greet one person. To greet multiple people, you say molweni.
Some people spell it as mholo.


"Molo sisi, kunjani? Uphilile na? Bendicel'umzuzu wokuthetha nawe mna" - Mandisi Dyantyis



Derogatory

Showing a critical or disrespectful attitude.


she keeps telling me I'm fat and she is always making derogatory remarks.



Haibo

An expression of surprise or shock (basically means wow), mostly used by Xhosa speaking people. It can also be spelt as Hayibo.


Haibo, is this really happening?



Ngine-

A word in any of the Nguni languages, a prefix for "I have"


Ngine- (I have)
imali (money)
Ngine+imali = Nginemali (I have money)



14 February

February 14th is Valentine's Day, a day to express love and affection. It's celebrated by exchanging gifts, and other tokens of affection. just a KAK day that I will never get to celebrate (ntozamashwa)


VALENTINES IS COMING , WHERE IS YOUR BF ? YOU'RE SITTING ALONE , LONELLYYYYYYY




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