Word of the Day — 29 Aug 2026

Ukuxhoma is a general Kasi term that means flexing or showing off.
Example

Ever since he got his RAF money, uyaxhoma now.

DRex 21 November 2021
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These word EFIKO stand for a brilliant person
Example

Tolu is an efiko of our class

Muhammed 28 November 2024
Bhebha is a Zulu slang term that means to have sex.
Example

I know that guy, yho uyabhebha.

OD 15 May 2024

Toto

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A girl vagina
Example

Toto dey sweet oh

John bull 2525 20 August 2026
Ingxaza is a Xhosa slang term for pants.
Example

“Chapha chapha chapha, amanzi ingxaza yam”

MXhosa 06 October 2023

also DR Congo, Tanzania, Uganda
Swahili, also known as Kiswahili, is a major African language, a cultural group, and a widely used trade tongue spoken by over 150 million people mostly in East Africa
Example

She is learning to speak Swahili before her trip to Tanzania.

Africtionary AI 26 July 2026
Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa. It is known as the Alabama of South Africa, or the armpit of South Africa.
Example

If you divorce your wife in Brakpan, she remains your sister.

Maps 13 June 2024

Pussy
Example

Sharon have a fat pumpum

Barak Ahthah 04 July 2023
A kasi term used to refer to food.
Example

I am starving, ke batla zozo.

I am starving, I want food.

DRex 03 November 2022

its person that makes jokes
Example

bossa are you with uncle vrrr???

official rika 17 September 2021
A term your Skrr skrr kids use to refer to covid-19 (Coronavirus).
Example

Skrr skrr 1: Don't come too close to me without a mask, fam.
Skrr skrr 2: Why, you think I have The Rona?

Mr Trends 11 July 2020


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