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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by tspun(m): 2:07pm On Oct 28, 2015
ok
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by ajepako(f): 2:07pm On Oct 28, 2015
others are:

iyalaya e

mawoju uche

your fada

grin grin
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Jabioro: 2:07pm On Oct 28, 2015
How does this crap make front page? Our niralamd moderator has gone on Yoyo weed.
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Nobody: 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by seangy4konji: 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
We don talk dis one before. Make omo ote go look back post from months ago.

Time is money to be rewinding.

Ma pe Le epe ko ma ba di eja.no bi dija oooo.

Ja raeeeee.
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by pofolo(m): 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
lie....
great lie.
@OP, you call acube low quality ?. iyalaya confirm acube shoe can last 3 generations.
go and ask soji !.

i just smh for dis list n slang.

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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by vodkat: 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
HawksDude:
Money Slangs: Waso (50 Naira); 10fibre (100naira), 20fibre(200naira)

2fibre= 1shandy
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by alkines(m): 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
Na so op..here ar some too...
Creeh
mean am pennyless

anaye
mr man

iseyen
as usual
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by MsGlobalwonder(f): 2:08pm On Oct 28, 2015
Akube? In Lagos?? That's new... undecided
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by BlackHuman(m): 2:09pm On Oct 28, 2015
"WASO"- Meaning Fifty Naira(#50)
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by olaboy33(m): 2:09pm On Oct 28, 2015
HawksDude:
Money Slangs: Waso (50 Naira); 10fibre (100naira), 20fibre(200naira)
FIGO (500 naira)...
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by kosokoadeyemi: 2:10pm On Oct 28, 2015
Eko onibaje,ilosiwaju eko lojewa logun.
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by OZAOEKPE(f): 2:10pm On Oct 28, 2015
ABANA meaning ashawo
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by christinie(f): 2:11pm On Oct 28, 2015
Lepa, orobo, agbaya, olosho, aje pako, aje butter, oluwole , Alaye, agbero etc.
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by koppa(m): 2:11pm On Oct 28, 2015
Are theses really street slangs,this are just normal slangs spoken in almost all state of the federation especially the south west and not only in Lagos

Street slangs are something like

Sky-#50
Figo-#500
Olosho/Ashana-Prostitute/runs girl
Lumbu/Lungu..dem plenty jare just said few I remembered
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by josogie: 2:12pm On Oct 28, 2015
sagewonders:
love no Mans land
grin
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Zaikon(m): 2:13pm On Oct 28, 2015
so u mean PMB have to undstnd these slangs
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by koppa(m): 2:14pm On Oct 28, 2015
MyschoolNG:
Awon werey 100% abeg wetin e mean?
those are mad few mad people you see on NL,many are mad but few are roaming,you can ask their oga Naijaboiy
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by toprealman: 2:15pm On Oct 28, 2015
osaslord500:
If u are in the north and a Hausa man points you and say “wana yaro, acuya ne!!” my brother just run
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by fako1(m): 2:16pm On Oct 28, 2015
Mtseeeeew! All dz butty OPs sef. I was hoping to open the thread and see slangs like

gboju (commot face).

ajuwaya (leave it)

buate (respect)

shandy or wazo (#50)

10 fiber (#100)

You get mouth (well connected)

Omo get Inside (Rich kid)

Alaye or Ogbeni (Mr man)

Owo epo (gate-crash party)

Odeku or 1759 (guiness stout)

Ashy (prostitute)

G (Advance free fraud).

Zanga (neigbhourhood).

Igbin (clitoris)

C.V (Computer village).

Eke (police)

Sojo (Soilder)

Sa mi je (kiss)

Leg (footwear)

Ike (Trophy)

Omo Indomie & Egg (A forming but cheap lady)

I better pass my neighbour (smallest generator).

Shanawaole (fireworks)

Toko-taya (key $ padlock)

Sule (Absurd).

Buga (proud)

O'gara (loaded)

Efiwe (Brilliant)

Champey (champion/champion's league)

Abeg i no fit shout, slangs yampian.

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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by osaslord500(m): 2:19pm On Oct 28, 2015
toprealman:
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?


This boy is a cow, implying you should be butchered
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Bdemmy(m): 2:20pm On Oct 28, 2015
These are just ajebutter slang.

How about:

Olosho - prostitute
Mayee - scam victim
Igboro - Street wise
You get skushi for head -madness
Shoro niyen - it doesn't make sense
Ororo - spirit

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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by killercute16(m): 2:24pm On Oct 28, 2015
osaslord500:
If u are in the north and a Hausa man points you and say “wana yaro, acuya ne!!” my brother just run
Meaning?
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Nobody: 2:26pm On Oct 28, 2015
Ja ra e,, o ja
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by toprealman: 2:28pm On Oct 28, 2015
osaslord500:


This boy is a cow, implying you should be butchered
DA M BURU BA!

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Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by AlphaDibia(m): 2:28pm On Oct 28, 2015
Wetin e con mean?

bengems:
Pilele ....who doesn't know what it means? ask me grin grin grin
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Khd95(m): 2:29pm On Oct 28, 2015
Jogodo---on a high

eja-- means fish,but for concealment,niggies use it to mean weedgrin

alaye--- to show respect to som1,som times pple use it to xclamate like''alaye calm down''

other terms....
#Woss
#skibo
#gallant
#eleniyan
#omo iya mi(literary means my sibling)
#olopa(police)
#ahoa(army)
#gbolo(dumb)
#gora eh(means to fumble.....
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Nobody: 2:30pm On Oct 28, 2015
Akube is not low quality ooooo.... it's in actual fact better than new product..
Re: Street Slangs You Must Know When You Are In Lagos by Iwonttell(m): 2:30pm On Oct 28, 2015
Na wah o
Woju o shocked

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