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.

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Sapa

A gay person

Voetsek jou sapa!

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Alexandria

Egypt's Mediterranean jewel with Greco-Roman history and modern library.

Alexandria's Corniche stretches 20km along the seafront.

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Gborku

Plenty; surplus; many

I get et gborkuWe have ri to our house gborku

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Pesa

In Swahili "Pesa" means money.

Jamaa ana pesa nyingi

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Luxor

Open-air museum of ancient temples and tombs on the Nile River.

Luxor's Karnak Temple complex covers over 200 acres.

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Park the bus

In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.

Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way

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Thabo

One of the most popular name in textbook examples. This is the guy who always buy a lot of unnecessary things in the textbook.

No one:

Maths textbook: Thabo bought 20 watermelons and 16 condoms, how many cousins does Thabo have?

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Oksalayo

What bitter people say after they've lost an argument but still do not want to admit that they were wrong.

It does not matter what you say, oksalayo I can beat you.

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Ubi asha

Meaning white hair ( Gray hair )

Ubi asha in Urhobo language means white hair (Gray hair)

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Mambisa

Mambisa is an informal name used to refer to Tembisa township.

I was born and bred in Mambisa.

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