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Kubeba mawe

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 1 definition
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Literally 'carrying stones,' a humorous phrase for being stood up or waiting in vain. If someone never showed up to a meet, you say 'ulibeba mawe' (you ended up carrying rocks).

"Alimwacha beb na akabeba mawe date night. (She ghosted him and he waited for nothing on date night.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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