Word of the Day [27 Feb 2026]
Male Bestie
The most dangerous creature. Male bestie is the guy your girlfriend always tells you not to worry about but you don't know what they do behind closed doors. He is the guy that's always waiting for you to fuck up.
My guy be careful of your girl's male bestie.
Indlala
Indlala is the formal Xhosa term for hunger or poverty.
Also see Ikati ilele eziko
Indlala inamanyala and it can make you do anything.
A loota continua
The looting continues.
This is a term that was first used in the 2020 covid-19 lootings that were happening in South Africa.
Covidpreneur 1: Which car are you buying with that Covid-19 money that's supposed to help your community?
Covidpreneur 2: Getting myself a G Class.
Covidpreneur 1: A loota continua
Rha
Rha
Pronounced (ggggaaah); is a Khoikhoi word for “plenty” or “enough”. Used in Xhosa as a term for “That’s enough”often in anger and sometimes in disgust hence mistaken for “ew”.
In Khoikhoi: There is a river in the Eastern Cape called Birha. Bi is milk, and rha is plenty. Hence “a place of milk”. Another use is in the Xhosa chief Gambushe’s nickname: Rharhabe meaning “Minister of Plenty”.
In Xhosa it varies:
In a Dismissal Manner
Someone: I’m going to out race you.
Me: Rha! That would be the day.
To stop a child who is hitting another child a parent could say “Stop it. Rha! That’s enough”
In a Disgusting Manner
When a child see poop usually they used to say “Rha! Poo”
When people hear, smells, or see a disgusting thing they can say “Rha!”
In an Elated Manner
A person recounting an exciting moment of thriumph can say “Rha! I out did myself”
Feeling pretty? “Rha! I’m beautiful”
Jollofina
Jollofina is a name given to South African women who are dating Nigerian men.
She has all this money because she's dating Jollof boys. She's a Jollofina.