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Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Bop

[n] [eng] To dance.

E.g. 1. That chick can bop.

E.g. 2. There was some tight bopping at that gig.

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Busted

[vb] [eng] arrested

E.g. 1. Them money women got busted. [Money exchangers got arrested]

E.g. 2. Keep word onda blok if u dont wanna get busted. [Watch your environment to avoid being arrested]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Burawa

[adj] [nd] high

E.g. 1. Inzoli ziyaburara zikuphaphamise usemgodini. [Weed will get you so high that you might wake up in a trench.]

E.g. 2. Ukuburawa kucina kukubulala. [ Getting high will get you killed.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Boss

[adj] [eng] respectable

E.g. 1. Bosses walk the walk n neva snitch. [The respectable show by their actions and no selling out.

E.g. 2. Watch your spit when rappin wit da boss. [Respect the boss]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Booting

[n] [eng] alcohol

E.g. 1. 2dae we booting till kingom come. [Today we getting very drunk]

E.g. 2. We were born to boot. [We were born for alcohol]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Bheda

[vb] [nd] lie

E.g. 1. UPius uduba ngokubheda. [The problem with Pius is that he lies.]

E.g. 2. Okungabantwana kwalezinsuku kuphila ngokubheda. [Kids of today are pathological liers.]

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Bhare

[n] [nd] fool

E.g.1. UPius usibona njengabobhare. Pius must think we are fools.

E.g.2. Okungubhare lokhu kwaginya isepa. This dude is such a fool, he defines the word.

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Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Benjamins

[n] [eng] cash

E.g. 1. Harare people hustle 4 da benjamins. [Harareans know how to make money]

E.g. 2. Its ol bout da benjamins. [Its all about making money]

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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

Ngwana

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[n] [nd] babe

E.g. 1. Memba, ungwana lo uyazifonela. [Man, this babe is full of herself]

E.g. 2. Kulongwana obalekele amapoti wakhohlwa oqwa. [This babe ran away from the cops and forgot her stiletto.]

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Bhomba

[n] [sh] Alchohol

E.g. 1. Ndamuwana akabata bhomba rake kubhawa. (I saw him holding a 750ml of alchohol at the beerhall.)

E.g. 2. Bhomba rave 3 bhidha. (The bottle of alchohol is now 3 billion.)

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