Word of the Day [05 Mar 2026]
Flavoured air
This is the premium air that people from Pitori think they breathe, while the rest of the world breathes normal air.
Pretorians like to think they breathe flavoured air
Ikati ilele eziko
This is a Xhosa figure of speech that describes hunger or poverty. It directly translate to "a cat is sleeping in the fire (cooking) place (or stove if you may say)". So the cat is sleeping where people are supposed to be cooking because there's no fire and no food to cook.
Grandma had to send the kids back to their mothers because ikati ilele eziko.
Kiss Madolo
This is what educated people call "knock knees". When a person is standing and his/her knees (madolo) are touching (kissing).
It can also be called a kiss kiss.
He can't run because he has kiss madolo.
Bafana Bafana
The weakest soccer team in Africa and the rest of the world.
Even Banyana Banyana can beat your beloved Bafana Bafana.
Tswape
A tswape is a South African term for a massive wedgy (when your underwear is stuck between your butt cheeks).
I had a tswepe during the people and I was so embarrassed to remove it.