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Kiddies Hotline: Teach us a new word that you recently learnt

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Stacey and J Sbu asked the kids of KZN to become teachers by sharing a new word they’ve learned this year and explaining its meaning in their own words.
Nine-year-old James impresses everyone with “hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia” (the fear of long words) while Nicholas shares the word “discombobulated,” meaning confused.

Other young callers chime in with their own discoveries that we could not get over.

If you missed it live, listen in!
10 Sep 2025 English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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