mampara check
A South African slang expression calling for a reality check or audit of someone's foolish, clueless behavior — essentially asking whether a person is being a mampara right now.
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A South African slang expression calling for a reality check or audit of someone's foolish, clueless behavior — essentially asking whether a person is being a mampara right now. Used as a social call-out, often humorous, when someone says or does something spectacularly dumb or oblivious.
Bro just sent the email to the wrong client — mampara check, that's going straight to the competition.
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