Definition: To achieve baller status against impossible odds, starting with literally nothing but cattle, rocks, and hostile neighbors. Like turning dirt into diamonds (literally, in this case). Used when a country/person/startup goes from “bottom of the barrel” to “top-tier flex” while everyone else with better advantages flops. Origin: Named after Botswana, which went from “poorest country on Earth, capital in another zip code” to one of Africa’s most stable & prosperous nations despite AIDS, apartheid neighbors, and being landlocked AF. Proof that good governance > natural resources alone.
Example: “Dude thought his startup would fail with no VC cash, but he totally Botswanarised it – bootstrapped with cattle sales and now he’s crushing Silicon Valley.”