Word of the Day [22 Jun 2025]

Sikiphiko

To ukusikiphiko is when you are in the front seat of a car and have your elbow outside of the window.


Did you see him in his friend's car, ebesikiphiko and pretending not to see us.

Bunny Chow

Curry served in a hollowed-out half-loaf of bread, with the hollowed-out piece of bread placed on top.


I am gonna have a bunny chow for lunch.

Bhentse

ibhentse is a very vulgar Xhosa term for a vagina.


Ndicela undiphe ibhentse.

Wena

Wena is a Nguni term that means “you”.


Hey wena, come here.

Jozi

Jozi is a colloquial term for Johannesburg, the most populous city in South Africa.


I’m moving to Jozi.

Gabhadiya

Is a very strong person, a bosso in other words.


That man is a gabhadiya.

Umjolo

A Xhosa word for dating


Umjolo uzokulimaza mntase

Brakpan

Brakpan is a mining town on the East Rand of Gauteng, South Africa. It is known as the Alabama of South Africa, or the armpit of South Africa.


If you divorce your wife in Brakpan, she remains your sister.

Nyash

Nyash can be defined as something in a woman backside that make every man go crazy.


Like when a lady shake the Nyash, Men can never be themselves

Kganthe why?

It's a combination of two words, Sepedi and English, by Mogau Samson Leagathoko Malepe asking someone to rephrase their statement, or tell, "I don't vibe with you" or "I don't follow".


"Bra, I've been looking for you all-over, where did you dissappear to?"
MSL Malepe: "Kganthe why?(with an annoyed lookalike face)"

Orlando Pirates

Orlando Pirates AKA Bhakaniya is a South African soccer club that plays in the top-tier system of Football in South Africa known as Premier Soccer League.


Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs are the biggest rivals in the continent of Africa.



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