Word of the Day — 12 Oct 2026
"Ako botse ane deng mfanaka"
"Let me tell you something buddy"
Let's go braai some meat at that Shisa Nyama.
Jou poepholl!
Translation: you asshole
Most Ugandan girls are facing rejection due to their nyashlessness. bumlessness
May he continue to rest 🙏🏾
I really miss Mandoza right now.
He grew up in Chatsworth and proudly identifies as a charou who loves hot mutton curry and playing Thunee.
Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for “plenty” or “enough”. Used in Xhosa as a term for “That’s enough”often in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for “ew”.
In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence “a place of milk”. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambushe’s nickname: Rharhabe meaning “Minister of Plenty”.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: I’m going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say “Stop it. Rha! That’s enough”
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say “Rha! Poo”
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say “Rha!”
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say “Rha! I out did myself”
Feeling pretty? “Rha! I’m beautiful”
They say Mzekezeke can be anyone.
Cat Matlala’s case is an interesting one.
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