olato
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1.
Expired or nearly stale egg
Originated in Southley Park and Hopley Farm Settlement, Harare, low-income settlements on the city’s southern edge. When Irvine’s sent out a tractor to dump eggs deemed unfit for sale, a crew from the community would follow it and collect the eggs before they were disposed of. Those eggs became known as olato.
"Usadya zai iroro, iolato."
Translation: "Don’t eat that egg, it’s gone off."
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