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Playful term for a girl or girlfriend; literally “vegetable/relish.”
muriwo = “vegetable / relish” on the dinner table. 🥬 Flip it into ghetto talk and boom, it’s a girl, usually the current love interest you’re “serving” with. Light, playful (not as objectifying as chimoko or bhiza, but still food-adjacent). Chef’s advice: too many cooks spoil the muriwo, don’t juggle plates you can’t wash.
"Muriwo wawakutamba nawo these days haaaa Rasta mazonyanya!"
"The girl you are dating these days, wow Rasta, you have upped your game!"
A curvy, well-proportioned, jaw-droppingly attractive woman.
bhiza = “horse” 🐎 in plain Shona. Why the switch? Because just like a thoroughbred, this girl is perfectly built, powerful in all the right places, and guaranteed to turn heads at full gallop. Caution 🐎: Approaching a bhiza without confidence may result in immediate dismount, proceed at your own swagger!
"Iro ndobhiza manje, haringokubvume zvekudaro"
"Now that's a very attractive girl, she won't go on a date with you that easily"
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