Word of the Day [21 Jun 2025]

Skopas

Term mostly used in the Northern parts of the country to refer to sweet flavoured and coloured popcorns.
Some parts of the country call them amaKip-kip


I bought my nephews some skopas from the Spaza shop.

Hud

It's those mxit abbreviations from back in the day that means "How u doing"


Guy: Hi
Girl: Hi
Guy: Hud
Girl: Gud u
Guy: Gud, wud?

Ndutsu

Indutsu is a Xhosa vulgar word that means butt or ass.
Also see mdidi.


Ndakukhaba unye endutsu.
Utheth'indutsu.

Abeg

Abeg simply means Please. Its a word derived from "I beg"


Abeg, give me money.

Indlwabu

This is Zulu for masturbation.


Uyayishaya indlwabu mfana wami.

Shandis

A term used to refer to "something" or a thing.


Have you seen that shandis?

Mugu

A person who is always doing stupid things.
A foolish person.


Nnenna be mugu oh.

Ukutula-tula

Ukutula-tula is isiBhaca word meaning to wander around.


Ebetula-tula yonke indzawo.
He was wandering all over the place

Yahoo boy

A guy who carries out 419 fraud on the internet (Those Nigerian prince scams).


I got scammed all my money by a Yahoo boy from Abuja.

Umgowo

A Xhosa term used to tell someone that you are going through the most.

Variations: mgowo, gowa, gowisha, gowishing.


I'm so broke, ngumgowo nje wodwa mntase.

Financially, ndiyagowa.

Jumpas

Jumpas means later on.


I will see you jumpas.



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