Ntshebe

Intshebe is a Nguni term for beard.

Intshebe yam iyakhula.
My beard is growing.

Libya

A North African country with oil wealth, Mediterranean coastline, and recent political turmoil.

Ancient Leptis Magna in Libya contains some of the best-preserved Roman ruins.

Family Bars

Family bars are what the skrr skrr generation calls clan names (izithakazelo).

Man, I wish I knew how to recite my Family Bars.

Ngwije

A fat woman who looks like an idiot.
She doesn't think she's full of diabetes.

The fattest woman is Ngwije.
Even God himself can't reduce her weight.

Kwedini

A Xhosa term for small boy. It is generally used by older men when referring to a younger boy.
It can also be used to refer to an adult male but you need to make sure that you are not scared of that person you call kwedini.

I will moer you, kwedini. Don't disrespect me like that.

Saint-Louis

Former colonial capital with distinctive French-Creole architecture.

Saint-Louis' Jazz Festival is West Africa's oldest music festival.

WOT

WOT is the abbreviation for Woman on top, a sex position where the woman goes on top of the man.

She is the best when it comes to WOT.

Khemi

Khemi is a general slang term for muthi or traditional medicine.

He gets his girls using his khemi.

Savuyi

An informal Xhosa slang term for "I am so happy / I am so excited". It is shortened from "Andisavuyi"

Kaizer Chiefs lost to Chippa Utd today, savuyi mntkbw.

Ijoh

is a word used as a form of being surprised nor reacting to shocking incidents.

"Makhi o hlokofetsi, ijoh modimo mara!"

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