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halimi26:

That is why they have decided to give all Nigerians the image of being scammers because they hate it when blacks outsmart whites.
It doesnt tally with their commentary of how blacks are mentally inferior to whites.
When we do it,we are criminals when they do it and succeed,they are smart.
Who are the greatest scammers in the world if not whites?
From their financial markets to their shady business dealings everywhere in the world
Even the Present U.S President is a full-fledged scammer who brags about his past scams

We need more people like you in Nigeria. People who detest sucking the white man's small dick.

The Caucasians are the biggest scammers in the world, only white-ass lickers will fail to see it.

Another political animal mocking the good people of Nigeria

innobarca:
Slot,ikeja computer village,Jumia and konga....many good phones from oukitel and cheap....oukitel c3,c4,c5,c5 pro,u7 pro,many good products.

Wow! They are now everywhere. The last time I tried to get an oukitel phone it was only one local site promoting the brand, and I no too trust all these online transactions. Thanks, man.

I'll check 'em out when I return to Lagos.

Another self-important drivel and propaganda by the US. Dem talk am like say our hackers are anywhere near their's.

innobarca:
My oukitel c4 is the bomb...camera,4g high speed Internet ,camera,sound ,everything .

Abeg where i fit get outkitel for Lagos?

maxnedu11:
I thought building is area of specialization In civil engineering ..am not understanding u

No. It's a separate course on its own. It would have been lucrative but structural engineers and architects have usurped the positions of builders

haywire07:
What is human having sex with animal called?


Cos that's what is about to be legalized

Bestiality. You are damn right;i should have seen it coming. All the sudden and unusual love of animals is actually paving the way for sex with them.

Canada seems to be at the forefront of this, but penetration is still not allowed.

haywire07:
What is human having sex with animal called?


Cos that's what is about to be legalized

Bestiality. You are damn right;i should have seen it coming. All the sudden and unusual love of animals is actually paving the way for sex with them.

Canada seems to at the forefront of this, but penetration is still not allowed.

MisterLomantic:
No one said anything about winning the argument. For you to have mentioned that, it means you're feeling threatened and insecure about losing. Very simple and subtle psychological observation

Hehe. Funny how y'all turn against science whenever it deals you a blow. Anyway, stars being millions/billions of light years away isn't about belief. This ain't no B.O.B shït, it's a damn fact.

Awww. Now that's you being naïve, Science already floored you and you're now trying to salvage the situation with dry humor. If you really wanna know, go buy a telescope sha.

Why are you pained? It's actually very simple, prove just one of those scientific claims wrong!

When you boxed someone to a corner, do you know what it means in pugilism? Now you know why I used 'winning'

Science is great. No gainsaying about that. I'd never doubt the theories postulated to support its inventions. That is I why wrote their' theories about nature'. I guess you were too eager to deliver deadly blows on your cornered virtual opponent.

Forming a badly intended preconceptions is no for Nairaland scientists like you.

As far as the nature goes, I'd believe what see, feel and cherry-pick whatever strike me with the aura of genuineness from all realms, and not wean on some guys' idiosyncrasies and ridiculousness in the name omniscient science. Hmm, I like that. The word Science is probably a derivative of omniscient, wow!!

sarahade:
A man is superior because women allow them.
Thank God it's 2017 we know better you can't use religion as a tool anymore.
Have you seen the latest advertisement for baby Daddy a.k.a sperm donor nobody needs a man when you can have men.
We will see who needs who in 10 years.

Ad for baby daddy . And you believe that that is tantamount to or a reflection of modern-day, feminist-influenced gender equality?

The more I see stuff like this, the more convinced I am about the stupidity of the world. Nobody is talking about religion here but a different perspective from western hogwash.

sarahade:
We shall see.

We no dey see anything. Man is superior to woman, and that is an axiom, but with the feminism programming instilled in most people's head they 'd term it chauvinistic, misogynistic or some other fancy words they can come up with. Who cares anyway, as long as man remains the boss .

MisterLomantic:
What is this one saying? Some stars are thousands of light years away, some millions and billions. However, it's harder and almost impossible to study the ones that are billions of light years away due to the capacity of the telescopes at hand. I know you're really trying hard to believe your lies but sorry to kill your joy- The VY Cannis Majoris and Red Dwarf are both within our reach and the facts about them are 100% authentic, no speculations.

Funny how you people start beating about the bush and vomiting irrelevant impertinent verbiage whenever you get boxed in an argument. Who asked you for all these shït?

Oh blimey! You really think this is an argument and you're supposedly winning? Come off it buddy, I just revel in exasperating a bunch of scientist arse-licking zombies

And now you believe some are actually millions and billions light years away. Na no go kill person with una infantile hypocrisy

What is the name of this particular star hovering over my house right now Oh perhaps it's the brown giant or the molar magority

It's a pity the world has been sold and fed nonsense in the name of Science, and the gullibles would come online to brazenly and shamelessly regurgitate it.

sarahade:
Women have suffered and we shall suffer no more.

You will continue to suffer, 'cos it's a man's world

MisterLomantic:
These are not speculations mister

These are plain facts. And to say they're billions of light years away is an exaggeration. A lot of them are just thousands of light years away and closer than people think. And you should ask yourself how the unit "light years" came to be if those people really do not "know" what they speak of.

If you don't believe, refer to info provided by different space exploration organisations

But think again, even if they're wrong (which they aren't), it's simply ridiculous for a god who "knows and sees all" and does not dwell on earth to think a star is the size of a stone

I thought he created them!

You can believe all that balderdash, after all there is freedom to guzzling down crap. And I kinda like the fact that stars are now amazingly thousands of light years away and no longer millions or billions, thanks for that info.

I can't wait for them to move within tens or units of light years, that'd be marvellous don't you think?

Not until you are awakened to the fact that these theories about nature are mostly premised on conjectures, obfuscations, delusions self-aggradisement, and what not; will you achieve enlightenment and catharsis and bliss and spirituality.

MisterLomantic:
Well, I know this

Stars are not stones. Stars are waaaaaay bigger than stones

In fact, the smallest Star (Red Dwarf) is more massive than Earth and the biggest star (VY Cannis Majoris) is thousands of times larger than the Sun, so it would be dumb to compare it with planet earth

But then you have the Quran saying Allah stones demons with star. Please, how can you launch something bigger than earth at earth? That would totally obliterate the entire planet. It's like killing a single fly with an atomic bomb. It makes no sense.

Please could you stop using know and replace it with believe.

So you want me to believe that you and science cohorts were able to estimate the sizes/dimensions of stars that are billions of light years away

Na no go kill person with all these 'apocryphal scientific drivels'

If you don't share their bed these days as a form of comeuppance, one word OYO 'cos they can always go back to their exes

@Albaqir. I would have made you the number one Muslim on Nairaland, but you tried to smuggle the most puerile and contentious theory—evolution theory—into the Quran.
Nice job here, though

winkmart:
Lies from the pit of hell.
.
They will soon ask us to stop drinking water after we eat,but 2 hours later so that we can get a job faster

You're right. They already said to stop giving water to newborns.

Stupid NCAN go kill person with laugh for here

WilliamsNedd:
Why Nigeria own come be white na?

This guy colour blindness ehn.. e even dey affect the spellings of the colours for hin eyes

propzncribz:
Nigeria is not a Muslim country and should be changed to pink. Pink is the colour of puzzy and that's all Nigerian leaders are best at.

Go change am to purple

Bahddo:
You only got 3, 6, 7, 8 correct, despite the fact that you don't know how to transcribe. You were describing the sounds.

1) you made ma-She-ti sound like ma-She-teh.
2) K isn't silent in the word 'ask' in any version of English.
4) /lai-bri/ is also correct in British English. You are wrong to say it's wrong.
5) the snack gala is different from the event gala.
9) en-ji-near is even the more common pronunciation both in American and British English.

You should always check your dictionary before posting stuff like this. There isn't only one correct way to pronounce a word.

Bless you, brother.

I hate it when some people think they can just come here and ram some self-important drivel up our arse. Bloody hell!!!!

bigtt76:
Very sad! The man was an experienced officer having being in Yobe and other Boko Haram hot spots. I wonder why he panicked when tackling the robbers.

I saw the video and I was like he could have first demobilized the car by shooting the tires, take out the driver who was walking out of the car majestically.

After taking out the first robber, one was about coming out of the car to attack him, he could have waited to take that one out too, leaving just one who will be forced to flee and the policemen would have been a hero.

I guess poor training and welfare caused him to panic.

You come Nairaland come dey write scripts for us. He should've blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.....

Someone like you has obviously never even been in a street fight where more than two hostiles are on your annoying arse with weapons, but here you are demonstrating your puerility in the guise of giving a cheap retrospective battle strategy to a fallen officer. SMH
Na only keyboard dey always dey at the receiving end of your anger and strategies

BuariCopyPaste:
Could it be that Oduduwa was evicted from heaven for ritual-related crimes

This is some kooky joke, man

gypsey:
you need to come out of that small minded backward village you live in, then maybe you will see things from a different perspective. ciao!

I don here.

Even the oyinbos that exposed you to a ridiculous amount of predictive programming know as e dey go

gypsey:
Errrr.. for ritual money? i don't think so! these things don't exist believe it or not. Alhaji appears to be a murderous sadist, he rapes and kills the girls in a sexual gratifying way, I mean, he enjoys killing them it pleasures him.

Dey there dey deceive yourself.

Papzey:
Do you know that there are some words we use incorrectly and we don’t even know about it until today? Some of these words, you have used it incorrectly all your life that if you read about it now on this post, you would become embarrassed. These particular words actually mean the opposite of what we thought they mean to us, but they sound like they are not.

Let’s look through these eleven words many of us might have been using incorrectly all our life and we have to get it right once and for all:

1. Bogus (adjective): This word does not mean “big or massive” or anything relating to size. It actually means “not genuine or true”, “illegal”, “counterfeit”, etc.

Examples:
i. Tammy delivered some bogus documents to back up his claim, but he ended up not been able to defend himself.
ii. I didn’t pay him because that estimate was quite bogus.


2. Dupe (verb or noun): The way we use the noun form of this word is the problem. A person who dupes people is not someone who deceives or cheats people. A dupe is the real victim of deception. Do you understand?

Examples:
i. He was acting smart until he became the dupe.
ii. When I realized I was a dupe, I wept uncontrollably.

3. Terrific (adjective): This word is not the synonym for the words “terrible” or “terrifying”, but it means “great”, “very good”, “tremendous”, etc. It formerly meant “to cause terror” in the old days.

Examples:
i. I had a terrific feeling at the audition.
ii. He had a terrific performance at the dance competition.

4. Double date (noun)/double-date (verb): Many people believe this compound word simply means “infidelity” or “to have more than one love/date partner”. The actual meaning of this word is “a situation where two couples (say your friend and his/her love partner together with you and your love partner) go out on a date” or “to take part in such a date”.

Examples:
i. Tammy and Kenny are coming over to the bar, so it’s a double-date.
ii. We have been friends with them for many years: we’ve even been double-dating since college.

5. Restive (adjective): If you think this word has anything to do with “resting”, then you’re wrong. It actually means the opposite of that. When one is restive, then he or she is “unable to stay calm or still” or “unwilling to be controlled”.

Examples:
i. She was so hurt that she remained restive throughout the party.
ii. Let’s calm the restive ones before the issue escalates beyond control.


6. Talkative (adjective): I have also been using this word incorrectly. The word “talkative” isn’t a noun, so it is wrong to say Ibrahim is a talkative. It is an adjective which means “fond of talking a lot”.

Examples:
i. Curry is not very talkative.
ii. She was so in a talkative mood the last time we met.

7. Impeach (verb): This word is one of the most used words in our political climate and in public service. In the US, to impeach someone means “to charge a public office holder to court for a serious crime”, such as fraud; while in British English, it means “to charge someone to court for treason or another heavy crime against the state”. However, it doesn’t necessarily mean the persons charged had been removed from office. This word can also mean to “to question the validity of a practice”.

Examples:
i. He was impeached for dereliction of duty.
ii. The head of the department was impeached for not supporting the fight against corruption.
iii. I think Nigerians should impeach the immunity clause for serving governors in Nigeria.

8. Blood money (noun): The money received from rituals after murdering someone? No! This term means “money paid to assassins to kill someone”, “money paid to the family of a murdered person”, or “money paid to someone who provided information about a killer”.

Examples:
i. Barack was a popular local informant who got rich through blood money.
ii. Courtney received the blood money from the government.

9. Lousy (adjective): This word is often thought to mean “loud” or “noisy”, but it means “very bad”, “very poor’, “unpleasant”, etc.

Examples:
i. We had a lousy weekend.
ii. Mr. Trump is such a lousy person.

10. Borrow (verb): This word should not have been included in this list, but its meaning remains unclear to some people. Borrow means “to take or receive something from someone and it is expected to be returned”. Borrow is to take, that is it has to come from someone or somewhere else.

Examples:
i. Can I borrow some money from you?
ii. She borrowed my jacket but won’t return it – isn’t that unfair?

11. Lend: We all mix up this word with “borrow”. Lend means to “give out something to someone, which is expected to be to be returned”. The words ‘borrow’ and ‘lend’ are reciprocal pairs similar to give/take, teach/learn, open/close, etc. that shows both sides of a situation.

Examples:
I. I can’t lend you any more money.
II. She begged me to lend him that jacket after he borrowed my bag.

Never forget, borrow ‘comes in’, and lend ‘goes out’. You lend someone something by giving it to them; they borrow it by taking it.

In conclusion, these are some popular eleven words we use incorrectly in our everyday conversation, but I hope they are all clear now. We should learn to get rid of common mistakes in our day-to-day use of the English Language.

What do you think and which one do you use often?


Source: http://www.rapportnaija.com/2016/10/11-popular-words-we-use-incorrectly.html

Dupe, impeach and terrific definitions here are only half correct.

Research more, love.

taryour:
i really do not understand why majority of the comments on This thread are advising the op Not to confess to her husband, He is your husband damn it Not your boyfriend, you both ate bound together as one since you made vows.
if you decide Not to tell him and he later fines out, wouldn't that be worse, He would never ever believe you cheated just once, as a matter of fact he might never ever trust you again. You have committed a great offense now face the consequences of your action and do unto others What you want done onto you.

you have even disrespected him more by telling pastors before telling him, asking God for forgiveness and them confessing to your husband next would have done it all. no pastor has à say in Whatever happens in your home.

please confess to your husband and let your conscience be free. you don't have to do it to His face if you cant bear to look him in the eye, or fear of him getting violent. yea he Will send you parking but if he truly loves you and he is yours he Will forgive you and take you back. let him forgive you and accept you back as His woman whom he truly loves because he loves and wants you as His wife and Not because ppl begged him to forgive and accept you back..

but if at the end he doesn't accept you back, then that's the consequences of your actions, face it. at least your mind is free and you leave in peace. i Cant believe à passer told u not to confess. it is well. Do not let him find out himself, He is your husband Not your boyfriend and you cheated while you were married and Not before marriage. Best of luck

Blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings and blessings.... of God shall find you wherever you may be in this world.

larrybee2017:
Like seriously where your brain dey? A woman raised alarm over nothing. Was he caught trying to break into a house or was he caught harrasing someone? Did you even watch the video to see the way the poor man was killed like a snake? Please don't type if you can't think

What about the idiots who got involved only to lynch the soldier?

The woman was paranoid, all others (including the soldier) involved were stupid.

Another annoying front page topic today. Ho hum

Officialkplus:
Ppl are coming for you...

17 going to 18...??
Suffered many heart break

Nawa oo

As in ehn.... I had to force myself to believe I saw 27 going to 28 after my first read.