Word of the Day [05 Feb 2026]

Moffie

A derogatory Afrikaans slang term for a gay person. Similar to the word faggot in English.

You don’t watch football? ⚽️ you might be a moffie

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Isichitho

isichitho is curse or spell that is made by people using a muthi to make a divisions in a relationship, sometimes families, by making a victim unattractive and annoying.

They tried to use isichitho to make my boyfriend dump me.

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Kari

Ikari is a kasi term for a car.

Uthenge ikari ne dlala.
He bought a car and a house.

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Mugu

A person who is always doing stupid things.
A foolish person.

Nnenna be mugu oh.

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Uncle Vinny

A skrr skrr kid who is the president of ama2000 in South Africa.

Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.

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Dawnie

The first lecture of the day (07h45) at Rhodes University.
Also see Rhodent.

Yoh dawg, I partied to hard last night that I missed my dawnie.

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Shisa Nyama

Of Zulu origin, this directly translates to "burn meat". It is the Zulu equivalent to a braai. In most cases, it refers to a place that sells and "braais" meet.

Let's go braai some meat at that Shisa Nyama.

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Dyan

A Xhosa term for grootman or just a man nje.

Ayicatchi idyan. A dyan doesn't catch feelings.

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Model C

In South Africa, Model C was the semi-private schools back in the day which were initially only allowing whites.

He speaks that Model C English.

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Umthondo

Offensive. Refers to a penis

She just wants umthondo wami

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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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