Word of the Day [23 Feb 2026]

Kota

A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.

I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.

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Pifta

Pifta is a new Xhosa slang word for Penis. It’s a different variation of the Xhosa word Pipi, which means penis.

Makrwalaz: New year, new Pifta.

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Daily Sun

A South African newspaper that publishes bullshit stories that other newspapers don't want to publish.

I can tell from the bullshit you are saying that you get your news from Daily Sun.

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Die poppie sal dans

Die poppie sal dans is a popular South African term that means there will be trouble or havoc.
The direct translation from Afrikaans is: The dolls will dance

Mom told them to take out the meat from the freezer in the morning and they forgot. Die poppie sal dans when she comes back from church.

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Dlozi

Idlozi is a Zulu term for Ancestor.
Plural: Amadlozi

I'm grateful for idlozi lami

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Malawi

A landlocked Southern African country known as the 'Warm Heart of Africa', with Lake Malawi.

Malawi relies heavily on agriculture, with tobacco as a major export crop.

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Naai

Naai means to fuck.

Hy het die meisie se hart gesteel, maar sy het gesê sy wil nie met hom naai nie.

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Ewe

A Xhosa term for Yes.

"Uhayi akasebenzi, kungcono uzame u ewe" - iFani

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Isidovela

I’m Xhosa, isidovela is a meal where rice is cooked with potatoes in the same pot. You mix it until it kinda looks like pap. You also have to add Spice for rice or Rajah to make it yellow.

Today I am cooking isidovela.

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Eastern Cape

Eastern Cape (EC) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are East London and Gqeberha.

Eastern Cape is the Woolworths of all the South African provinces.

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Colloquial

(of language) used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary.

We use a lot of colloquial terms in our everyday lingo.

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