Patrick Obahiagbon is a household name in Nigeria and beyond and anybody who claims not to know him is either jealous of his choices of vocabulary or the persons does read dailies. For the benefits of those who does not know him well, he once represented Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo state shot to limelight the moment he arrived the House of Representatives in 2007 with his uncanny knack for jaw-breaking grammars.

Here is a compilation of the top 20 Jaw breaking words ever used by the grammarian and their meanings:

1. Crinkum-crankum – Elaborate or detailed (archaic)
2. Megalomania – a mental illness or condition in which somebody has an exaggerated belief in their own importance or power.
3. Jiggery-pokery – Tricky, misrepresentation and manipulation.
4. Mephistophelean – wicked
5. Kakistocracy – Government under the control of a nation’s worst or least-qualified citizens
6. Braggadocio – Boost full or arrogant behavior
7. Ratiocination– The forming of judgment by a process of logical reason
8. Phantasmagoria – a sequence of imaginary images
9. Gargantuan –extremely large
10. Bugaboo – an object of fear
11. Pooh-pooh – Dismiss as being foolish or impractical
12. Insalubrious – unwholesome and unhealthy
13. Odoriferous – having an odor.
14. Lugubrious – mournful, sad, dismal
15. Malodorous – smelling very unpleasant
16. Termagant – a woman who is very strict and who tries to tell people to do things in an unpleasant way
17. Conundrum – A confusing problem or question that is too difficult to solve
18. Alacrit – great willingness or enthusiasm
19. Mendacious – Not telling the truth
20. Egregious – Outstandingly bad and shocking.

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That's my guy. We miss your presence in the NASS.

I miss him a lot

I almost bite by tongue when reading some of those words...

Chai

Funny man. Pestilencial aqua

it is incomplete!! where is... .sofili sofili cachee a monkey

op, you tricksily decided to advertise your leggero unbedeutend cum insignificant EXLINKLODGE in the guise of enlisting grammatical obahiagbonlogy

Bros but u ve time o to ve sort for the meaning of those grammatical jergons.

Dangerous vocabs

21. Vakitorito - Not elected any by his constituency because of over load grammar

Igodomigodo, Chai there is God o

I have to bookmark these words and their meanings in case he starts again

Who is Patrick?here in Pakistan we don't no him

If that man catch all of una for here say una dey discuss him matter , na grammatical koboko una go collect, thank god na eleyele community development grammar school i attend.

*runs away*