Word of the Day [30 Dec 2025]

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

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Vaslap

Vaslap or vaaslap is a term used to refer to bathing cloth. You know that cloth you use when you are bathing.

I need to get myself a new vaslap, this one is too old.

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Azithi dadobawo

Is a colloquial Xhosa term for crazy or mentally disturbed.
It is mostly used as an insult.

Ingathi azithi dadobawo pha apha kuwe wena.

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Grigamba

Grigamba is a derogatory term used in South Africa to refer to a foreigner.

She really likes going out with ama grigamba.

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JOMO

Joy Of Missing Out. Feeling content with staying in and disconnected as a form of self-care.
Antonym: FOMO

Ever since I stopped drinking, I moved from FOMO to JOMO.

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Ngxe

Pardon me. Particularly in an official and formal setting e.g. in a meeting or when asking for forgiveness from the elderly.

"Ngxe, bantakwethu." - Pardon me, my kin.

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Congolese Franc

Currency of DR Congo (CDF) issued by the Central Bank of the Congo.

The franc was reintroduced in 1997 to replace the new zaire.

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Bhisho

Bhisho is an unknown ghost town that happens to be the Capital of the Eastern Cape province for some reason.

You would have to pay me to stay in Bhisho.

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Ngamla

A slang term that means a white person.

That guy is always chilling with a ngamla.

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Lamza

Is a kasi term for a kiss.

You can't even get a lamza from a random chick in the club anymore because of this covid.

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K-word

A racist slur used to refer to black people in South Africa. It is shortened from Kaffir.

It is a crime to use the K-word in South Africa.

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