mompara
noun/mʌmˈpɑːrə/
/mʌmˈpɑːrə/
South African English [mɐmˈpɑːrə]
(also mampara)
(South African English)- an offensive name for a person that you think is stupidWord OriginFanakalo (a lingua franca used in the mining industry in southern Africa), literally ‘a fool’, also ‘waste material’.
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