Word of the Day — 13 Oct 2026
Former imperial capital with medieval castles and churches.
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Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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In South African restaurants, Mondays are known as Mogodu Mondays, where they serve Mogodu, usually on special.
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Let’s go to Mogodu Monday next week.
When you are almost broke, you are only left with money to survive for less than a week.
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I can't go out today, I'm in a financial comma, and I'm only getting paid next week.
An enclosure for livestock, or a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
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Make sure the kraal is clean before the elders come back.
Dagga is the term we use in South Africa to refer to weed.
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I can't wait to get home and smoke my dagga.
A plastic horn/trumpet that is mostly blown in soccer matches. It produces a loud monotone note. It became very popular in South Africa in the 1990s. A fan of the Kaizer Chiefs named Freddie "Saddam" Maake says that he invented the vuvuzela.
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Don't forget your vuvuzela when we go to the stadium.
Yihlo is a Xhosa term for father or dad. It can also used informally to refer to a male friend or male family member.
Example
Hlonipha uyihlo no nyoko.
Respect your dad and mom.
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.
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Sandton slay queens are the worst, they will milk you dry then run way.
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