Garinya

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Prostitute / hooker / lady of the night.

Street term for a prostitute or extremely promiscuous woman. ⚠️ Handle with tact: calling someone garinya can spark drama, deploy only if you can outrun the backlash! Close cousins: holito, joki, gwengweza, hubula

"Iro igarinya last wangu, siyana naro. Siki yaunopihwa ipapo unomukira mangwana acho uri kuKaranda."

Translation: "That girl is very promiscuous, leave her alone. The STD you get from her you instantly end up at Karanda hospital."

Etymology

Contemporary Zimbabwean slang. First documented in urban areas.

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