Word of the Day [23 Jun 2025]

Fede

A term generally used as an informal greeting around Gauteng. Chances are no one will know how to reply to you if you use this term anywhere other than Gauteng.


Sharp fede majita, dintshang da?

Agang

Agang is a Tswana verb that means build


In Tswana
- Agang ntlo.
In English
- Build a house.

Jacket

Not to be confused with the clothing item. This is a SePitori term for R10 (Ten Rands). In other parts of South Africa, R10 is referred to as Tiger


Ke shota ka jacket, ntjaka.

Goduka

Go home!!


Go home now it's getting late.

Goduka ngoku kuyarhatyela

Wakanda

A girl with no nyash who will never have nyash.
She deserves no nyash.


Celia is a wakanda

Imana

The creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.


God help us.
Imana idufashe.

Sizwe Dhlomo

Sizwe Dhlomo is a South African tweleb and part time radio show host. He is always giving “expert” opinion on every topic on X, formerly Twitter, which inspired the term Dhloogle.


“I know it’s correct cause Sizwe Dhlomo said it” - said no one ever.

Thungisani

What this other gender say when a guy buys them a lousy streetwise 2.


He took me out yesterday, thungisani

Agware

The meaning of Agware is meeting , an occasion where more than one person's meet for an important discussion


Let's schedule a time for our Agware

Tanzania

An East African country with Serengeti, Zanzibar, and Mount Kilimanjaro, known for stability.


Tanzania's Swahili coast blends African, Arab, and European influences.

Ntshebe

Intshebe is a Nguni term for beard.


Intshebe yam iyakhula.
My beard is growing.



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