A community-driven dictionary of modern Zimbabwean expressions
It won't work
Sadza
"KwaMereki paMai Fafi vanobika jembi rakanaka"
"At Mai Fafi's stall down at Mereki they cook very good sadza"
Food
Shebeen
Bar / Pub / Night club
Terrible hangover
Hangover
Illicit brew / Kachasu
A cigarette, usually a single stick rather than a full pack.
Matches or lighter used to spark a cigarette, blunt or fire.
Beard
How are you? / What's up?
Informal “What’s up?” / “How are you?”
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