Word of the Day [21 Jan 2026]
amatile-tile
Xhosa plural for stratagems. It is actually just amatile. Singular is itile. The ti is pronounced like English tea and le as in French. From the Sanskrit kutila which appear in Xhosa as ukutila.
My car broke down on the way, I had to make amatile-tile to get here.
Brakpan
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.
If you divorce your wife in Brakpan, she remains your sister.
Bhakaniya
This is the Orlando Pirates football club from Soweto, South Africa. A person who is a fan of Pirates can also be referred to as Bhakaniya.
Bhakaniya has not won the league in a while now.
Uncle Vinny
A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.
Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.
Chuchubaby
Is another word for nonsense or rubbish.
The students write chuchubaby's during their exams.
Or who wrote the chuchubaby on my car.