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Yorubas And Their Ironic Naming by Nobody: 4:48pm On Jan 09, 2015
Yoruba's have their ways of massaging the ego of people they love,even if they are not really doing well%$&%that is why they call a "frail man" OKUNRINMETA,,,they refer to a supposedly gap-toothed person as EYINMENUGUN,and surprisingly call a lady with milk teeth-EYINFUNJOWO,,if u find yourself in the good books of the Yoruba's and u are not "endowed from the rear" they go ahead and call u "IDIILEKE",while the hazel-eyed woman(AWOBADAN BI ENI WOOYO) is christened ELEYINJUEGE,,,and a "general overseer"(eyes kongba) is called OJU OGE(not OJUYOBO),a dirty looking super rich man is called AMOBIOJO-,and even if he is bankrupt they call him ARIGBABUWO,while an uneducated tall,mogul is called AGUNTASOLO and not AGUNMANIYE, even a bleached lady is called APONBEPORE,a short man called AKURUYEJO, and a dark-skinned person is called ADUMARADAN.

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Re: Yorubas And Their Ironic Naming by Oluwatosean(m): 5:03pm On Jan 09, 2015
Na RARA dem dey call short pple for here oo. Which one is akuruyejo
Re: Yorubas And Their Ironic Naming by Nobody: 8:27pm On Jan 09, 2015
marioking:

,,,and a "general overseer"(eyes kongba) is called OJU OGE(not OJUYOBO)
This part got me rolling on the floor cheesy cheesy
Re: Yorubas And Their Ironic Naming by Nobody: 11:31pm On Jan 09, 2015
Oluwatosean:
Na RARA dem dey call short pple for here oo. Which one is akuruyejo

It means Dancing fits a short person
Re: Yorubas And Their Ironic Naming by Nobody: 11:33pm On Jan 09, 2015
Zeemoor:

This part got me rolling on the floor cheesy cheesy

Same here wit me after reading it over again grin grin

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