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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One of the most popular name in textbook examples. This is the guy who always buy a lot of unnecessary things in the textbook.
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Maths textbook: Thabo bought 20 watermelons and 16 condoms, how many cousins does Thabo have?
Vammorah
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Vammorah is the hard life. The season before softness. It is the dust on your shoes from walking far with no taxi money, the nights with no sleep because you are hustling, the pain that teaches you. Vammorah is not a curse - it is the training ground. You cannot appreciate LivaMora if you never lived Vammorah. Every real 707 child knows Vammorah first, then LivaMora comes later. Vammorah is struggle money, pain money, but honest money.
Is a language created by dutch people, although in dutch translates to african it is not of that origin.
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I just learned to speak afrikaans.
Wendy Williams day is a holiday that is celebrated in South Africa every year on April 10th... This is of course according to Wendy Williams and whoever lied to her because there's no such.
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We are having a huge braai for Wendy Williams Day.
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Hey voetsek wena spottie. Go away.
It refers to the money that is given to a woman after spending a time with her. The money is some sort of thanks giving for pleasure
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The Pinkie spend a night with Penny last night. In the morning Pinkie asked mavuso from Penny.
Chanda is a South African slang term for vomiting.
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I don’t host house parties anymore because okes chanda everywhere.
Somagwaza, is a rather mysterious, if not mythical, forefather who invented circumcision as a means of passage into manhood for Xhosa people.
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I'm sure you didn't know who Somagwaza was 😅
South African rapper and businessman, regarded as one of the best rappers in the African continent.
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Cassper Nyovest ke star!
Homie, Dear or Friend in a South African Xhosa language
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You don't have to worry mntase, all shall be well
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