Word of the Day [23 Dec 2025]

Isidubada

Isidubada is an informal Xhosa dialect where you add a “d” after every sound. For example “Molweni” would be “modolwedenidi”.


Zikhona Sodlaka spoke isidubada in an episode of Gqeberha the Empire.

Ozzy Rsa

Ozzy Rsa is Olona Mnconcoshe who lives in witbank, currently learning at zacheus malaza msta


Ozzy Rsa is just a humbled boy

Mamzo

Mamzo is a kasi slang term for mom or mother.


Eish sorry mamzo, I won’t do it again.


Financial Dating

Financial Dating is just a different "woke" term for prostitution!


No one:

Girls these days: Financial Dating is where it's at.

Ndza ku rhandza

Tsonga romantic language words used to refers to "I LOVE YOU💚".


Ndza ku rhandza my wife/husband/ and so on.....

NB: It is used at any person whom you want her/(...) to express your love.


Chuchubaby

Is another word for nonsense or rubbish.


The students write chuchubaby's during their exams.
Or who wrote the chuchubaby on my car.

Kwerekwere

A derogatory term for foreigners in South African slang, particularly foreigners from African countries.
Can also be spelt as Kwirikwiri or kwarakwara.


Stop calling foreign people kwerekwere!


Edenvale

Edenvale is a small city on the East Rand in Gauteng, South Africa. It lies about halfway between the O.R. Tambo International Airport and the Johannesburg city centre.


I grew up in Edenvale

Show me your number

Show me your number is a popular soccer/football skill in South Africa, where the player pretends to shoot the ball and the defender ducks, hence showing his/her number to the attacker.


They hit him with a “show me your number” and the crowd went crazy.


The Vid

Slang for the Covid-19 virus. Derived from the word "Covid"


I had the 'Vid last month. Had to go to a quarantine site for 14 days.

dese

Used in saying someone or something done is cool. It also depends on how you say what you are trying to say.


O dese!- Your cool/ You are cool!
E dese!- Its cool!




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