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Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Mykel4God(m): 4:29pm On Sep 19, 2014
Nigerians at home and abroad use different kinds ofNigerian slangsduring conversations, this usually come up whenever they see their fellow Nigerians either t home or abroad, they usually use these slangs either in their local language, Whenever they see one another they flow in slangs in local, pidgin English and English languages. Some of thesepopular slangsinclude slangs like How far, How you dey, Nna men, Ki lo n sele?, wetin dey happen? Nawaa for you oo, and What’s up even though not Nigerian but used by a lot of Nigerians. e.t.c. Let’s take a look at some of the popular Nigerian slangs, here goes the list

Fashi – forget about it
Peche – chill out
Amebo – backbiter/rumour-monger also called Gbeborun
Woza – slap
Guck – 1. sleep 2. believe a lie
Gbe ja – run away
Runs – try to do things the bad way.
Baffs – designer wears
Bakassi/Ikebe – Booty
ITK – All those “overserious” students. ITK stands for I Too Know
Aro – funny person. (peculiar to OAU)
Akata – White man
Jand – UK
Yankee – US
Ajebutter – rich spoilt kid
Comot-Leave
Nack-Hit
Domot-Entrance/Vicinity
Kak-Sit
Kaka-Butt/Shite
Pam-Chill out/Patient
Kele-Young woman
E/Im-He/She/It
Am-Him/Her/It
Dem-Them/They
Troway-Waste/Throw away
Mud-Die/Kill
Kpai-Die/Kill
Straff/Frap/Prak-S.ex
Hammer-Strike rich
Awoof – Free things
Wetin-What
Tey (tey tey)-Long time (ago)
Mugu/Maga/Maye-Fool
Fall hand-Disappoint
No dulling: Don’t prolong things
O’boy – friend
Abi – Right (as in “exactly, right?”
like play like play – jokingly.
wozam slap – give him a slap
Eke don carry am – police have arrested him.
Chop – eat
Wahalla – trouble
Sabi – to know
Waka – travel/go/walk
Yahoo Yahoo – Fraudster
419 – Another slang for fraud
Okada – Motorcycle
Black maria – Was slang for prison van, don’t know if its still being used.
Shugaba – To be expelled
Gbana – Marijuana (could be a Lagos only slang)

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Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Mykel4God(m): 4:30pm On Sep 19, 2014
Nigerian Campus Slangs …

After One: Girl with one child prior to marriage
Agidi; Stubborn
Aristo (shortened from Aristocrat): Married men that like juve
Bang: Depending on context, fail or sleep with the opposite sex
Bakassi: Girls behind (bum/butt)
Blend: Join a confraternity
Bone face: to snub somebody
Bounce: to walk in a stylish way in order to get noticed
To browse on the street: to look for girls/boys e.g Omo I wan go browse
Brush: Beat
Butty (also: ajebota): Spolied / Pampered Child
Cable: Leak a secret
Cane: Sleep with a girl
Chips: Small papers where as much as can be written, is taken to the exam halls to cheat. The smaller the better (microchips)
Cassava Flakes: Garri, compared with Corn Flakes
Church Members: Fellow Cultist e.g Fryo na my church member
Confra: Confraternity
Cow Bell: Large Boobs
Double silver: used by cultist to denote a gun
Fashi: Forget
FFF: Friend for food
FFO: For food only
Giddy: Smooch
Government Child (Omo-Ijoba): A Corper (NYSC)/A Mad Man
Joneser: Failure
Jack Robinson: Rubbish
Juve (shortened from juvenile): Young ladies
Kawa: (I am going) – Leave
Kolo: Mad
Kposh also: fa gbo, blaze: Smoke Weed
Smallie: Girlfriend or Girl
Soji: Street Smart
Behind: A refined person
Wetin Dey?
Wuz up?
You too can add yours!
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by hybridtm(m): 4:32pm On Sep 19, 2014
Guy from ur list ..E clear say u b yoruba person....if u come wafi dat langua go change oh
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Mykel4God(m): 4:34pm On Sep 19, 2014
hybridtm: Guy from ur list ..E clear say u b yoruba person....if u come wafi dat langua go change oh
U guess ryt
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Gooci(m): 4:57pm On Sep 19, 2014
OP de do "ARO" abbi?
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Nobody: 4:58pm On Sep 19, 2014
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Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Mykel4God(m): 5:20pm On Sep 19, 2014
snowprince07: .
Space booker grin
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by Nobody: 5:49pm On Sep 19, 2014
Mykel4God:
Space booker grin
undecided
Re: Popular Nigerian Slangs And Their Meanings by ffo(m): 9:15am On Sep 21, 2014
Mykel4God: Nigerian Campus Slangs …

After One: Girl with one child prior to marriage
Agidi; Stubborn
Aristo (shortened from Aristocrat): Married men that like juve
Bang: Depending on context, fail or sleep with the opposite sex
Bakassi: Girls behind (bum/butt)
Blend: Join a confraternity
Bone face: to snub somebody
Bounce: to walk in a stylish way in order to get noticed
To browse on the street: to look for girls/boys e.g Omo I wan go browse
Brush: Beat
Butty (also: ajebota): Spolied / Pampered Child
Cable: Leak a secret
Cane: Sleep with a girl
Chips: Small papers where as much as can be written, is taken to the exam halls to cheat. The smaller the better (microchips)
Cassava Flakes: Garri, compared with Corn Flakes
Church Members: Fellow Cultist e.g Fryo na my church member
Confra: Confraternity
Cow Bell: Large Boobs
Double silver: used by cultist to denote a gun
Fashi: Forget
FFF: Friend for food
FFO: For food only
Giddy: Smooch
Government Child (Omo-Ijoba): A Corper (NYSC)/A Mad Man
Joneser: Failure
Jack Robinson: Rubbish
Juve (shortened from juvenile): Young ladies
Kawa: (I am going) – Leave
Kolo: Mad
Kposh also: fa gbo, blaze: Smoke Weed
Smallie: Girlfriend or Girl
Soji: Street Smart
Behind: A refined person
Wetin Dey?
Wuz up?
You too can add yours!

FYI, FFO is my monicker. not for food only. cus im not for food. txs

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