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Triflization

To make something trifling by doing trifling thins. To make what would naturally be ordinary trifling.
I like Balut its an unborn chicken embryo delicacy of Asian countries. Man you had to be the one to contribute to the Triflization of society smh.
by Cj from S.A. November 3, 2022
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Ungowa

In the KiSwahili language of East Africa and Central Africa "umgawa" means "entangled". But in 1932 MGM screenwriter Cyril Hume lifted the word "umgawa" from the Swahili language for the Tarzan movies. Those movies were being adapted from books written by Edgar Rice Burrough books.

In the Tarzan movies "ungawa" was the way that Tarzan communicated with animals and with Black people who lived in the near where Tarzan found himself. That word could mean whatever the screenwriters wanted it to mean.

Here's a video clip that provides information about the Hollywood origin of the Swahili word "umgawa":
Ungowa black power !!!!
by Cj from S.A. July 4, 2019
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