![]() ‘You don’t want to hear Oluchi speak English, the gbas gbos is too much.’ 29. It is also used when someone makes a blunder when speaking English.Į.g. This slang is used when there is a war of words between two or more persons. It means ‘Lift your leg.’ Suppose they want to say dance gbese. This slang started as a dance just like gbe body e and, stuck as a slang. ‘she is making out with her best friend’s father, inside life.’ When there is a remarkable secret that can’t be explained, someone says ‘Inside life’.Į.g. It started with self-acclaimed Marlians and stuck. Visitors in Nigeria will hear this one a lot, and it’s an informal way of saying “how are you?” and “what’s up?” or “how is everything?” or even “hi” or “hello.” 26. ‘no dey form like say na your papa be Dangote’ 25. When someone tells you to “stop forming” what your conversation counterpart is actually saying is that you ought to show some humility or stop pretending to be something you’re not.Į.g. To “form” means showing off or putting on a proud air to impress. It can also be simply termed ‘ butter’ for short.Į.g., Ajebutter please shift for ajekpako to pass. In Nigeria, this term is used to refer to people from a very wealthy home like the ‘spoilt brats’ who are well off or brought up with a silver spoon. ‘This yahoo boy on my Facebook friends list thinks he can scam me.’ This is a well-known term for social media fraudsters.Į.g. Simply used when referring to financial help, the money in question is not meant to be returned.Į.g. This mystifying word refers to using the turn signal when driving, and it stands in for “indicate.Į.g., make sure you trafficate when you want to pull over on a high way. “Trafficate” is a Nigerian exclusive that particularly bewilders non-Nigerian English speakers. ‘Mama I go blow for this life, I buy you moto’ 19.Trafficate It’s the act of coming into a considerable amount of money-legally or illegally.Į.g. This is far from what you think, “hammers” is used when someone wants to say they’ve made it, blown up, gotten rich, or hit the jackpot. #NAIJA PIDGIN ENGLISH DRIVER#‘the driver has been horning at the hawker for a while now, but he didn’t hear.’ 18. ![]() This is a distortion of the verb for blaring the horn of a car which is “honking”.Į.g. For instance, when one feels abdominal pain, they may express this as “my stomach is paining me.” The use of a car’s horn to produce a sound, therefore, becomes “horning” in Nigeria. A standard linguistic feature in Nigerian English is nouns being turned into verbs. ![]()
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