Zokou definition 1
Médicament traditionnel (Traditional medicine)
"Grand-mère connaît tous les zokou (Grandma knows all the traditional medicines)"
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- 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
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- August 2025
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A term for very spicy stew or hot gossip (figuratively 'peppery'). If someone brings hot news, friends say 'voici le zoumkou!' ('here comes the spicy scoop!')
"J'ai un zoumkou sur la voisine – tu vas pas y croire. (I got some juicy gossip about the neighbor – you won't believe it…"
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Ivorian slang centres on Nouchi, a colourful urban creole born in Abidjan that blends French with Dioula, Bété, and other local languages into one of West Africa's most distinctive street dialects.
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