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Money (as in “securing the bag,” making cash – borrowed from global slang).
In Zim slang, 'bag' (often 'chiBag' with a Shona prefix) means a lot of money or a lucrative payoff. Similar to 'secure ...
Street terms for money. Bag or chiBag implies a load of cash
Street terms for money. Bag or chiBag implies a load of cash, while amagan’a (slang plural) means funds.
Old currency
Shona slang derived from 'baza' (bust), meaning to fail or fall short. In street talk, kubhaiza is to go broke or for a ...
From English “okay” (bo). Bho means fine/good, and bholato or bho lakasana intensifies it to “very good”.
Parallel market
Casual term for an older brother or just a guy (from Ndebele *ublez*, brother). Often used to refer to a male peer in a ...
Bond notes (former currency)
Calling someone 'Boss' (or in Shona, pfesi meaning big man) on the street is acknowledging their high-roller status. In ...
In Zimbabwe's financial slang, 'burning money' referred to exploiting currency arbitrage during hyperinflation. People w...
Exchanging currency
