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When someone’s lips have that pale-red, patchy tint that screams “I’m on that AIDS diet”, the neighbourhood shorthand for showing visible HIV/AIDS symptoms.
Why polony? Take a cheap red polony, nibble the end, and you get a faded, blotchy sausage tip. Same vibe as the discoloured lips & weight-loss halo everyone gossips about. Voilà: akaruma polony.
"Dzinenge dzakaruma polony idzi, mbiri yadzo yekuchinjanisa mahubla every day yakambonetsa muna 2008"
"Looks like he's got HIV/AIDS, he was well known for changing hookers every day back in 2008"
HIV/AIDS
"Mbinga dziriko dzinozora vana musvebhere."
"There are some sugar daddies who infect young girls with HIV/AIDS."
Head
"Pese pandinenge ndine chibhebhi chinotanga chandipa offering."
"Whenever I'm with my girl, she always starts with giving me head."