Word of the Day [01 Apr 2026]

Slay queen

Young and naive girls who apparently do not date broke men. They spend hours on Snapchat and Instagram showing off things they don't even own.


Sandton slay queens are the worst, they will milk you dry then run way.

Iqaba

Iqaba is a Nguni term for a barbarian or a person believed to be uncivilised or uncultured.
Plural Amaqaba


They used to call me iqaba because I come from the villages.

Gutamo

Gutamo means to help someone with something or help someone with something he/she needs.


Vane nkutemo se??


blikkie

A tin can.


Pass us the blikkie, bru.

Skelm

A Skelm is a South African term for a tsotsi, rascal, thief, crook, all the baf things.


Get out of here, you skelm.


Bafana Maths

Bafana Maths refers to the calculations Bafana Bafana usually does before qualifying for a major tournament. It usually entails “if team A wins, team B draws, and we win by so many goals, then we qualify”


We need Nigeria to beat Benin and we beat Rwanda, then we’ll qualify for the World Cup. My Bafana Maths is on point now.

Ayisecace

A Xhosa term for "It's so obvious". It is mostly used when someone asks something that is very obvious.


Girl 1: I know it's lockdown, but are you really going to buy a Smirnoff 1818 for R500?

Girl 2: Ayisecace mntase


Alostro

A SePitori term for nyaope withdrawal symptoms.
Drugs/Nyaope cravings.


Others are having alostro because of lockdown.

Nyash

Nyash simply means backside, booty, not just big one


Jane has big nyash and Mary has small nyash


amatile-tile

Xhosa plural for stratagems. It is actually just amatile. Singular is itile. The ti is pronounced like English tea and le as in French. From the Sanskrit kutila which appear in Xhosa as ukutila.


My car broke down on the way, I had to make amatile-tile to get here.

Gqwirha

Igqwirha is a Xhosa term for someone who practices witchcraft (a witch).


Ligqwirha ke la sisi
That woman is a witch.




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