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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A twitter celebrity who usually has a lot of followers.
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These twelebs are always plagiarising our posts and get more likes for them.
In soccer, to park the bus means to play very defensively, to get a lot of players behind the ball. Imagine a bus parked in front of the goal. It is almost impossible to score.
Example
Park the bus, Man United. Playing football the Mourinho way
Fokkerkie is basically a small fokker
Example
Daai Steve is OK maar 'n fokkerkie
Translation: that guy Steve is a real small fuck
Nyoba is a Xhosa term for bribing. To bribe someone is to ukunyoba.
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If I get caught by traffic cops, ndiyanyoba and it all goes well.
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I would kill a nigga for oledi.
Street kid is a term used in South Africa to refer to homeless kids, living on the streets.
Example
I almost a became a street kid when I lost my mother.
Pedi is a South African language spoken by a group of people known as the Marota/Bapedi.
Example
I am a proud Pedi.
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