buwe

/phonetic/
drugs
1.

Crack cocaine; small rock-like pieces of processed cocaine base for smoking.

Meaning: Crack cocaine; the rock that smokes itself. Root: from Ndau buwe = stone -> the “little rock” that detonates brain cells. Synonyms: dombo, guka, hard white

"Akamhanyisa phone yamomz kuti atenge Buwe"

Translation: "He pawned his mother’s phone to score a pouch of crack"

Etymology

Contemporary Zimbabwean slang. First documented in urban areas.

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