33 words found
Cash
Anal
House
girl / chick / lady
Describes a clumsy, easily panicked, or over-zealous person who tends to fumble simple tasks or just being all over
(beh-TWEH-tweh) — adjective / personality tag Meaning Clumsy, scatter-brained, over-eager; the type who drops the phone while answering it and apologises to the phone. Signature moves: hitting Reply-All on a company-wide email to say “Thanks.”
Hangover
(v.) To mess up, flop, or break something you shouldn’t have. To be at fault; the blame that lands on your head.
Kana ukabhaiza, everyone in the group chat suddenly becomes an auditor. Severity range: from burning sadza to crashing your cousin’s Honda Fit. Automatic soundtrack “It wasn’t me …” 🎶 - but yes, it was you.
Gangster
Have sex
Girl
Pay / Gono era billion in hyperinflation
Bar / Pub / Night club
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!
Cool / Okay / Fine
Is that okay? / Is that cool?
Quart of beer
To steal / pinch / jack something that isn’t yours. Usually slick, often petty, but always frowned upon unless you’re the one scoring the loot.
Public Service Announcement 🛑 If you get caught “uchi bhozhongora masinhi” in Harare CBD, expect free doses of mucheka from the crowd. Stay honest, kids! Synonyms include bhosha, nyambita, simudza, tora, “five-finger discount”.