10 Most Common Nigerian Slangs We love
Slangs are the best things that spice up conversations, it takes small talks to deeper levels and even builds friendly relationships. Nigerians are naturally funny people who don’t joke with cool slangs, we have slangs for everything you can think of because really, there’s no point taking life too seriously; especially now that Trump has Slangs are the best things that spice up conversations, it takes small talks to deeper levels and even builds friendly relationships. Nigerians are naturally funny people who don’t joke with cool slangs, we have slangs for everything you can think of because really, there’s no point taking life too seriously; especially now that Trump has won the US Election, Lol. Here are 10 common Slangs we use in Nigeria that makes us want to really thank whoever invented slangs.
1. Mbok Our very own Cross River people on this one. This is a slang that means “Please ” in a lot of ways, like that time when someone is trying to act smart and says saying stupid, as a real Nigerian, you just say “Mbok, shut up”
2. Wawu Because saying “Wow” is too mainstream! We are Africans, we love to add our own sweet twists to things, so “Wawu” is the slang when you hear or see something too interesting.
3. Iffa Hear When we just don’t accept something, we either argue on and on or just say “If i Hear”. That’s a slang for when we totally disagree with something.
4. Gbana Because Marijuana sounds too serious, we just relax and call it “Gbana”. 5. Negodu This literally means “Look at This”, an Igbo word that turned into a sweet slang. It is the correct slang we use when someone is saying and doing too much nonsense. “This one thinks he is fine, negodu!”
6. Jand Popularly used in place of “abroad”, when a person travels out of the country, then we say they have “Janded” but no worries, they will all be coming home now that Trump has won the Election.
7. Biko This one is sister to “Mbok”, only that it’s the igbo version. Everything rude, dismissive and sweet sometimes, starts and ends with the slang. Like that time when you are scrolling through your Twitter feed and you see your ex’s tweet “Biko Shift!”
8. Fall Hand This means “disappointment” on every level, when you are expecting something great to come out of something and you get hit with a bad news, then whatever it is just “Fall Your Hand”
9. Park Well Our way of telling someone to get his act straight and face his business, when people try to disturb us or do stupid things, we simply tell them to park well.
10. Go and Sit Down Everybody annoys everybody these days, we’ve got the perfect slang for this, when someone is just not making any sense, we love to use the slang “Go and sit down”, literally; that means they have nothing good to say and they are looking stupid standing up. Slangs are the little things we use to make a gist more interesting, Nigerians absolutely love these slangs.
Kindly drop your opinion in the comment section below, just in case we missed out your favourite slang.

WAWU...

I'm learning some new words

konji------>>> being Hot as in sexually aroused

Csl... Never new what Negodu meant. But heard it severally.

Cool slangs..Iffa hear,fall hand,Gbana and Biko are mine

Davidhero:
Csl... Never new what Negodu meant. But heard it severally.

means...just take a look!

ken19:
means...just take a look!

Aye! Thanks...

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Well they sound kinda funny and weird to me.Maybe it's because I'm not used to it.I'm used to my own pidgin.

Davidhero:
Csl...
Never new what Negodu meant. But heard it severally.

Me too. Now I know it.