MetroBaba1:


Lalasticlala, Oya Cut Your Hand Enter Front Page

lols, uncle ur psycho get swag

Toflez:
is FIGO not referred to as #50

Noo
5h nio

Abeg wetin "your side" mean inside bus?

That cut your hand is everywhere o. I remember when my friend just got a car, I was her navigator. Cut your hand, yiwo e, gborisi, wolewa...na so nau.

Lagos sef..her wahala too much

Shadow ur passenger joor! Gbogbo Ero

Oya yiwo e soun!!!! Gbori e, wo egbe e, ma goor ... I miss Gidi sha.. Abuja has made me sane again

CONDUCTOR SIDE-DRIVE TOWARDS WHERE THE CONDUCTOR IS HANGING
2.DRIVER SIDE;DRIVE TOWARDS WHERE THE DRIVER SIDE.
3-POINTER-

madridguy:

Aleye baba bawo?

nams77:
Teto the car small/ March the teto

Na confirm driver you be..

ETILA100:
your side

You will buy a car this year.

blackfase:
@op, u got 7.5/10. Wazo coined from wazobia, which is d representation of d 3 major tribes as embedded on d 50 naira note. Oya clap for yourself

Marginalization

Error spoted, alaaye means living

I may be wrong about this but I think Figo used to be an international footballer that played the number 5 jersey for his team.


I also think the word Agbero originaly meant boys that carried loads for market women.

One chance one chance nko..?

STAFF meaning uniform personnel who wont pay their fare

Don't get it twisted. alaye in your context does not mean "the living", it means "guy man ".

Alaye "the living has a different pronunciation to alaye "guy man".

Lagos slangs sucks! Porthacourt slangs is the real thing: aro wida, aboy bless me, nak agban, tuwama, adjust yoursef, rubbers, give me joy, ojor, parambus,, clamp, touch, government Etc. No interpretation! Figure them out yourselves

Ur side

Conductor tells driver to either watch traffic coming from behind him or d driver shld switch lane

The last one (Cut your hand)

Toflez:
is FIGO not referred to as #50

no sir...that wazobia or waso for shorts. Figo LA 500

wole kan ile..


na this one make molue deh enter inside water that year..

booblacain:
I may be wrong about this but I think Figo used to be an international footballer that played the number 5 jersey for his team.


I also think the word Agbero originaly meant boys that carried loads for market women.

figo used to wear 7 hence the comparison with cr7. Agbero on the other hand is not about load...it's about people, meaning convener of people or crowd. Thats what they claim to collect money for...for helping you ensure you get people in your bus.

AutoJoshNG:
Nigerians would always be peculiar people.Thats what makes the country fun and distracts us from all the wahala .

If you are coming to Nigeria or Lagos for the first time , this would be very helpful.

Here are some slangs we won’t stop saying anytime soon .



Go Slow
This is the way we say “traffic jam” in Naija . I dey inside go slow .

Drop
This has two meanings, it means hailing a taxi and riding in it alone to your destination. It also means alighting from a bus or taxi.

Fockanizer
Well, nothing much to say here, its Vulcanizer people .

Rewire
“Rewire” is actually an action , the person doing the rewiring should be called an electrician , not a rewire, my country pipo !.

Bomber
Its “bumper” folks , haha .

Men In Black
This refers to the police , the popo , the Nigerian Police Force .

Agbero
This word doesnt really mean something abusive , it can be translated as “Carrier of people /carrier of crowd” .But the madness of the agberos has made the word abusive.So it means conductors, tax collectors , infact any tout and their species .

Alaye
From my little understanding of Yoruba , alaye means “the living” “alive” “lively” ,but the way its used is similar to the way Americans call their friends “nigga” or “brah” or “bro” .

Gberaa
It means “move” or “move fast” or “drive” .

Figo
Danfo slang for 500 Naira .I am still confused how they coined this name .

Shandi/Muri
Danfo slang for 20 Naira . Muri-> Muritala Mohammed on the note

Waso/Wazo
Danfo slang for 50 Naira .Coined from two out of the three major ethnic group’s intepretation of “come” .

Wa= Yoruba

Zo=Hausa

Faiba/Fiber
Danfo slang for 10 Naira

Cut Your Hand
This one cracks me up every time .It means “turn the steering wheel” .


Was I spot on ? see any errors ? add yours .

by Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/15-funny-lagos-traffic-auto-slangs/

The slang "shandy" for 20 naira note was adapted from the drink Green Sands Shandy because the colour of the bottle was green so was the color of the drink. You know the 20 naira note is also green.

This is where the name " shandy" came from.

kparo lo...

#50 is 'better (life)' is another name in Ibadan

lemon...slow down to change lanes

one naira: One thousand Naira

ma ka na: dont observe am driving wrongly pretend to ignore..

one lucky Yansh......*meaning one last seat*

CUT YOUR HAND GO LEFT /RIGHT.

DRIVER FAST NA.

ABEG CHANGE POSTION.

YELLOW FEVER DEY ROAD.

PUT ARM FOR BOOT

This one wick me die