Ruma polony
/phonetic/health
1.
When someone’s lips have that pale-red, patchy tint that screams “I’m on that AIDS diet”, the neighbourhood shorthand for showing visible HIV/AIDS symptoms.
Why polony? Take a cheap red polony, nibble the end, and you get a faded, blotchy sausage tip. Same vibe as the discoloured lips & weight-loss halo everyone gossips about. Voilà: akaruma polony.
"Dzinenge dzakaruma polony idzi, mbiri yadzo yekuchinjanisa mahubla every day yakambonetsa muna 2008"
Translation: "Looks like he's got HIV/AIDS, he was well known for changing hookers every day back in 2008"
Etymology
Contemporary Zimbabwean slang. First documented in urban areas.