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Buttocks; someone’s backside, usually praised for being large or shapely.
Visual cheat-code: think of two perfect parentheses → ( ) yeah, that’s the whole idea. Etiquette tip: Scanning mudhoto to admire in public? Make sure you’re outside of slap-range, otherwise your cheeks might get a zenya real quick.
"Mudhoto uri pane mwana uya so, kuita kunge bracket ()"
"The ass on that chick, it looks like a pair of brackets"
Buttocks, ass, backside
"Dakwez riri pane mwana uya so, kuita kunge bracket ()"
"The ass on that chick looks like a pair of brackets"
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