Gombo

🇨🇲 Cameroon
Added August 02, 2025
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A French West/Central African slang for illicit earnings, side hustle money, or kickbacks. Literally 'okra,' but figuratively 'faire le gombo' means doing informal jobs or getting that extra under-the-table cash. If someone 'mange le gombo,' they're enjoying corrupt earnings.
"Ce marché public, c'est plein de gombo pour les fonctionnaires – chacun prend sa part au passage. (Translation: That public contract is full of illicit kickbacks for the officials – each one takes their cut along the way.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 02, 2025
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Gombo (Okra)
"La sauce gombo! (Okra sauce!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 06, 2025
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Gombo (Bribe)
"Dem wan gombo (They want a bribe)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 07, 2025
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Pot-de-vin, corruption (Bribe, corruption)
"Sans gombo, dossier ekotambola te (Without a bribe, the file won't move)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 09, 2025
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Argent de corruption (Corruption money)
"Sans gombo, rien ne bouge. (Without bribes, nothing moves.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Okra (Okra)
"Le gombo est gluant. (Okra is slimy.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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