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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by darlingnuel(m): 10:08am On Sep 03, 2014
Social media slangs will soon replace proper English! We re gradually breeding a generation ruled and ruined by Social-media-induced laziness
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Mutuwa(m): 10:11am On Sep 03, 2014
Looks... Then;

*continues stonning mangoes*
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Nobody: 10:16am On Sep 03, 2014
Expect some dimwits to have these words included in their CVs soon just to sound Porsche cheesy
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by obiscolly(m): 10:21am On Sep 03, 2014
When will Dorobucci and Chai enter
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Nobody: 10:25am On Sep 03, 2014
Let them add 'kpekus and Ukwu'

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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by mencade5(m): 10:34am On Sep 03, 2014
kpekus should be added too.
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by mencade5(m): 10:35am On Sep 03, 2014
kpekus should be added too.

1. Her kpekus is so tight. tongue
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by fightforchange1(f): 10:36am On Sep 03, 2014
bromance should be there too.
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by delpharm(m): 10:39am On Sep 03, 2014
You don't live once;you live evryday but you die once..
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Ojugunrege(f): 11:20am On Sep 03, 2014
Of the 3 words, I only know the meaning of YOLO.....i think im getting old...but im just 3X na...
Anyway....Someboby help....abeg what is the meaning of Side bosom and Cray
Thx in advance
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by 360command: 11:33am On Sep 03, 2014
When will our own pigin english be in the lexicon? Or do we have one yet?
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by cutieberie1(f): 11:50am On Sep 03, 2014
None of my business
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by morningsta(m): 12:14pm On Sep 03, 2014
I beg wetin be side bossom again?? sad sad
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by DikSin(m): 12:52pm On Sep 03, 2014
Abbey2sam: I'm on fp again this week..................
i dedicate this plots of land to my nairaland crush.........

It seems nobody can talk to this simpleton causing nuisance here.

Let me tell u something u sonofadog, what u doing is damn wack. Stop it now before it gets too late.
Next time u try repeat this sh!:t, u'll have ur 4orckingSelf to blame.
Oloshi
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by litetias(m): 1:09pm On Sep 03, 2014
entadaplace: C’mon! Showing some side boobs doesn’t make you cray. After all, YOLO! The words, Side boob, Cray, YOLO have now become English words following the announcement made recently by Oxford Dictionaries on their website.

Pundits say the latest intake is a reflection of how social media languages and slangs are affecting the English Language. Some of the words include, humblebrag which refers to a comment made by someone who boasts about an achievement in the same sentence as a self depreciating comment, adorbs, an adjective for something cute or adorable and YOLO which is an acronym for You Only Live Once.

Others are listicle, bro hug, cray, hench, hot mess, mansplain, side-eye, side boob and spit-take. The new entries mentioned above have however only been added to OxfordDictionaries.com, not the Oxford English Dictionary.

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Na slang dem still be ooo. No go add them to your official writings ooo, na sack letter things ooo
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by litetias(m): 1:12pm On Sep 03, 2014
delpharm: You don't live once;you live evryday but you die once..
No be only one life you get? So you only live once. Bush pig
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by litetias(m): 1:14pm On Sep 03, 2014
fightforchange1: bromance should be there too.
How e take concern you? You nor go dey fight for sismance na bromance you carry for head.
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by litetias(m): 1:17pm On Sep 03, 2014
AirborneLacer: Expect some dimwits to have these words included in their CVs soon just to sound Porsche cheesy
Na you be number 1 dimwit. Posh na im you dey spell porshe. Dem tell you say na motor?

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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Padipadi: 1:41pm On Sep 03, 2014
ayukdaboss: MODS THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN ON FRONTPAGE CONTAINING MORE NEW WORDS THAN THOSE STATED IN THIS THREAD. angry
lazy mods
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Rose111: 2:16pm On Sep 03, 2014
Ive always said no matter how, no english word is correct none is wrong. Expeck more
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Nobody: 2:19pm On Sep 03, 2014
Hmmmmmm Ok
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Nobody: 2:23pm On Sep 03, 2014
Side bosom to me looks like a situation where a lady is showing off her huge bosom from a side perspective. angry
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by gistmelove(m): 2:42pm On Sep 03, 2014
dj187: Shoki , Akpako and Doro has been included in the oxford & webster dictionary kudos to our naija musicians grin grin grin

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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by gistmelove(m): 2:44pm On Sep 03, 2014
dj187: Shoki , Akpako and Doro has been included in the oxford & webster dictionary kudos to our naija musicians grin grin grin

Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by agitator: 2:48pm On Sep 03, 2014
natureblack: If "Twerking" could find its way to Oxford English Dictionary then I don't see any big deal to these ones. Buh get to think of it,English is kinda hard

#EnglishEnglishEnglish

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why when the stars are out they are visible but when the lights are out they are invisible.

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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by gistmelove(m): 2:49pm On Sep 03, 2014
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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by agitator: 2:50pm On Sep 03, 2014
English or German
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "S" will replace the soft "C". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "C" will be dropped in favour of "K". This should Klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "PH" will be replaced with "F". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords containing "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und after ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.

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Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by Nobody: 2:56pm On Sep 03, 2014
DikSin:

It seems nobody can talk to this simpleton causing nuisance here.

Let me tell u something u sonofadog, what u doing is damn wack. Stop it now before it gets too late.
Next time u try repeat this sh!:t, u'll have ur 4orckingSelf to blame.
Oloshi
what you have done is damn wack
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by xamiel: 5:02pm On Sep 03, 2014
natureblack: If "Twerking" could find its way to Oxford English Dictionary then I don't see any big deal to these ones. Buh get to think of it,English is kinda hard


we'll begin with box,the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox is oxen,not oxes
One fowl is goose,and two are called geese
Yet the plural of mouse is never called meese

You may find a lone mouse or a house full of mice;
but the plural of house is houses,not hice.
The plural of men is always men
But the plural of pan is never pen.

If I speak of a foot,and you show me two feet,
and I give you a book,would a pair be beek?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth
why shouldn't two booths be called beeth?

If the singular's this and the plural is these,
should the plural of kiss be ever called keese?

we speak of brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother,we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he,his and him
But imagine the feminine ...........she,shis and shim.





#EnglishEnglishEnglish

Well said. English is inconsistent, so many grammatical rules.
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by xamiel: 5:07pm On Sep 03, 2014
agitator: English or German
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "S" will replace the soft "C". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "C" will be dropped in favour of "K". This should Klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "PH" will be replaced with "F". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords containing "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und after ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl.
This will violate a principle of good orthography.
Re: Confirmed: Side Boob, YOLO, Cray Are Now English Words by thoollz: 5:19pm On Sep 03, 2014
dj187: Shoki , Akpako and Doro has been included in the oxford & webster dictionary kudos to our naija musicians grin grin grin
ukwu

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