rizpo

/phonetic/
1.

Police; the fuzz; poh-poh. Often said when discretion is advised and lights are… optional.

(RIZ-poh) - noun, law-enforcement slang. Clever wordplay: porisi (police) spelled backwards → rizpo. Same meaning, lower profile. Register & nuance: street-smart, cautionary. Usually dropped as a warning rather than a label, think "eyes open."

Close cousins: ngonjo, Babylon, port/pot, bhoma. Opposite energy: safe, bho

"Sungai muchichecker coast babamunini, rizpo rekunoku havaridze siren"

Translation: "Mate, always check the coast when you roll the blunt because police here blast through without warning (sirens)"

Etymology

Contemporary Zimbabwean slang. First documented in urban areas.

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