Word of the Day [12 Mar 2026]

Nongogo

Nongogo is a vulgar Xhosa term that means a whore.


Ndipeyile namhlanje, I should get unongogo.

I got paid today, I should get a whore.

jiki jiki

Suddenly/quickly and unexpectedly.


jiki jiki, a gusheshe came hurtling round the corner.

Ziyakhala

It's a Zulu word that describes your are going through a lot or bad things are about to happen to you


Ziyakhala ke manje


Imedi

Imedi is a term, mostly used in Cape Town to refer to a girl or girlfriend.


Ndiyayithanda imedi yam bro.
I love my girlfriend bro

560

560 is a Xhosa slang term for main chick or the main partner.


I can't date you cause you know I have a 560.


Coloureds

Coloured, formerly Cape Coloured, a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from 1950 to 1991.


Coloureds are mostly found in Cape Town but can be found all over South Africa.

Chief

General term used by people in politics (comrades) and Tenderpreneurs to refer to each other.


No one:
Comrade: Why are you being emotional, chief? Politics are not for the weak.


Yena aya kwini

A Tsonga term that means "Where was he going", mostly used on social media when someone maybe gets hurt when doing something they were not supposed to do in the first place.


Girl 1: She broke up with that Xhosa guy, apparently he was trash.
Girl 2: I told her to stay away from Xhosa people. Yena aya kwini?

Ijaja

Ijaja is a widely used South African slang term to refer to God.


I don't care what you say, ijaja is my witness.


Skoli

Skoli is a term mostly use in Cape Town that means a thief.


You should be careful when walking here, there's a lot of skolis.

Kpekus

Kpekus is a Nigerian slang term that means a vagina.
It can sometimes also mean sex


You no want this kpekus?




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