daelleka
A poor African wife who got a fancy name just to make her husband look important. It was like getting a gold-plated nickname while living in a mud hut.
My grandma was a daelleka. She had the name 'Lady of the River' but still boiled water in a pot.
My uncle called his wife 'Queen of the Dust' but she had no shoes.
Daelleka means you got a fancy title but still ate termites for breakfast.