Word of the Day [01 Nov 2025]

Ziyamporoma

It is really good; it is intense.
Used to signify fun or excitement.

Yebo, ziyaporoma
Tshela u-barman nomayini

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Jaga-jaga

Jaga-jaga is a Nigerian slang term that means disorganised or disorderly.

Oboy, that beb na jaga jaga gal.

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Fit-ish

Someone who likes the idea of being fit but also likes food.

I may look fit but I regard myself as fit-ish.

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Impandla

Impandla is a Nguni term for bald hair (when men lose their hair).

He's always wearing a cap because unempandla.

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Dakar

Senegal's Atlantic capital known for music, museums, and Goree Island.

Dakar's African Renaissance Monument stands taller than the Statue of Liberty.

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Jiki jiki

Jiki jiki means all of a sudden or suddenly.

When we were growing you were dark, jiki jiki you are a yellow bone.

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MD

MD is an abbreviation that has recently been used for Matric Dance. This is the farewell function for Matriculants or grade 12 learners in South Africa.

My school's MD was lit.

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Lekgowa

A Sotho term that means a white person.

Ke tshwere stocko sa lekgowa.

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Bathini

It's a new word to ask a friend how he/she is doing.

Ekse Bathini nigga?

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Kaka

Ikaka is a Xhosa term for shit or feces.

Uthetha Ikaka.
You are talking shit.

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Cape Town

Cape Town is a port city on South Africa’s southwest coast, on a peninsula beneath the imposing Table Mountain. It is the oldest and second largest city in South Africa, after Johannesburg.

I can't wait to go to Cape Town this summer.

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