Word of the Day [05 Feb 2026]
Underground gang
A skrr skrr way of referring to the ancestors.
You fam, the underground gang won't be happy about that.
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.
Durban
Durban is a beautiful coastal city in the eastern parts of KZN province, South Africa.
I love the weather in Durban, man.
Tight Nyansh
Conservative, miserly, cheap or
Extreemly stingy.
He eats once a day to save money." He wan do tight- yansh".
O jewa ke eng?
O jewa ke eng is a Sotho term that directly translates to "What is eating you" in English. This is a phrase that has become famous on Twitter after a user named @akreana tweeted it back in June 2019.
Friend 1: Why are you so down, o jewa ke?
Friend 2: Eish my friend, my boyfriend has been cheating on me with that slut from Pitori.