Category: General
Example
Ndibone enye iqaza egrand eSportscene.
I saw these other nice shoes at Sportscene.
Pronounced (ggggaaah); this is a Xhosa term for ‘ew’. It has many uses, for instance when something disgusts you or when someone says you and someone would look good together then you say ‘rha’.
Synonym; sies
Synonym; sies
Example
*sees something very disgusting*
Me: Rha
Sharists are those people who spend their time on Facebook just sharing posts. They are usually single, hence all the free time to bore us with their useless posts.
Example
Ever since they dumped her, she's been a big sharist on Facebook.
In Xhosa culture, umgidi is the ceremony that's done to celebrate a boy or boys (mkhwetha) coming back from the mountain (initiation school).
Example
I can't wait to attend umgidi ka Boy
Refers to being good, okay or doing well/fine.
Example
- How are you? Are you okay?
- Ngimnandi
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