Word of the Day [20 Mar 2026]

Chomi

Chomi is a South African slang term for "friend", "pal", "mate".

Chomi, let's go out tonight.

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Ngimnandi

Refers to being good, okay or doing well/fine.

- How are you? Are you okay?
- Ngimnandi

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Net so

South African kasi term for "just like that" or "just the way it is".

Thabo: You don't put salt when you cook pap? Themba: Nah, I eat it net so.

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Shebeen

Illegal drinking place. In South Africa, it refers to unlicensed bars in Kasi and has become a mainstream word.

I last saw him drinking Zamalek at the shebeen yesterday.

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Mkhwetha

Umkhwetha (plural: abakhwetha) is an initiate (a boy going through the circumcisions/initiation period) in Xhosa.

Umkhwetha has to eat food without salt for the first few days

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Fokkol

Fokkol is a popular South African term for Nothing, dololo, nix.

I fear fokkol!!!

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Eritrea

A Northeast African country on the Red Sea with Italian colonial architecture and recent independence.

Asmara, Eritrea's capital, is known for its well-preserved Italian modernist buildings.

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1818

The lethal vodka that is produced by Sminnorf.

She was downing 1818, that's why she's this drunk.

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Izapha

A Xhosa term for come here.
The original term is "Yiza apha" or "Yizapha" but social media people have further shortened it.

No one:
Big Xhosa: A Reece izapha baby girl.

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Zulu

Zulu is the most widely spoken home language in South Africa (about 24% of the population), and it is understood by over 50% of South African population.

Zulu guys will hurt you big time.

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Madibas

A term used in South Africa to refer to money. Madiba is Nelson Mandela's clan name and his face is on the South African bank notes, hence the term.

I can’t come if there’s no Madibas.

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