Word of the Day [23 Feb 2026]

Kota

A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.


I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.

Mbususu

East Africa A vagina


Man, I haven't eaten a mbususu for a while

Kovsie

A student at the University of the Free State.


Only a Kovsie knows the feeling.


Stlamatlama

Also known as babalaas is hangover.


Stlamatlama is killing me today.

MKMVA

MKMVA is the abbreviation for uMkhonto weSizwe Military Veterans Association.


MKMVA is protecting Jacob Zuma's house in Nkandla


Inyathi

Inyathi is a Xhosa and Zulu word for a buffalo.


Inyathi ibuzwa kwabayaziyo.

Mswapheni

A person, usually a blesser or sugar mama who just swipes his/her card without any hesitation.


We are out of beer... mswapheni
We are out of meat... mswapheni


Nyhori

Inyhori is a Xhosa slang term that’s used to refer to someone with one eye.


They stabbed him in the eye, now yinyhori.

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Herero

A person who loves meat and listen to One Blood all day.


Lavas is such a herero


U gerrit

Do you understand


Do u gerrit

Tempela

To claim you can do something, or you can do it better.


Wena awitsi selo wa're tempela fela.




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