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PeaceGord:
Happy Sunday everyone.

May God dish out His blessings on you.

Press like to key into His grace.

so pressing like will make una key into God's grace? wasted generation. that's the same reason why pastors are feeding fat on Nigerians

why celebrating a common criminal

Oluwasaeon:
Where are the prostitutes ?

help me ask them ooh

is that yansh too much?, y saying she is putting on butt pad

Lubbish

Pidgin2 come n c wat ur people are doing here oooh

TrapQueen77:


ItsJude...come ooo see this one ..

Chaaaii!

some romancelanders dey their ooh

ZarZar:
Well, there're those kind of girls. But not all of us are like that lol. So don't get any funny ideas when we meet I'm a one man, woman AIDS is too much in SA to be loose. No dick big enough is gonna make me jeopardize my life

r u sure?

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

I have always said that English language is a stranger. The more u claim to know it, the more it becomes more strange to u. Nice write though

NwaAmaikpe:


The world's best player....the most successful gay footballer.

This guy has made gays worldwide very proud.

who told u he is a gay? pls stop displaying some animalistic tendencies

crazyABO:
It is she wore my dress damn tell me she purposely said that

try reading it thus whether it will make sense. "it is, she wore my dress''.

Cesc001:
When two thiefs meet...

Looting is inevitably unavoidable

adorablevic:
maybe am d only one... but i still see d "Bush"in her even with all dis make over...

women n jealousy be like.....

Akiintom:
I have read and do read the Bible. The Bible is a collection of myths, superstitions, legends, history, poetry, songs, allegories etc.

Your many proofs, had better be substantial proofs!

Waiting....

Read this verse of the bible. Psalms 14 vs 1. Please don't take it personal, view it in the context of our earlier discuss; Do God substantially exist. Thanks n good morning sir

Lily4star:
Thanks

ur welcome! but remember "Your promotion and success are in the hands of God. No force is powerful enough to keep God from blessing you this season. Therefore, every problem you are facing will be God's excuse to demonstrate His power in your life''. John 9:2-3. In Jesus name...

Pidgin2:
So why did you change, I'm not making anything up, 100% fact. Which of my posts is insincere?

Dear all ur posts about Nigeria our dear country, are bias, prejudicial & sentimental. It is borne out of self serving motive which will make folks who do not have spiritual gift of discernment to think that ur being patriotic.

Pidgin2:
You don't believe?

u no we have come a long way. I use to believe u before but now ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Pidgin2:
Why do they give our medical doctors, nurses, engineers and most of our professional graduates jobs abroad if our educational system is so backward?

they give them after they undergo basic training after they travel abroad

Akiintom:
You're the one who claimed God exist, you're to present proofs here.

Yes am 100% sure he exist. so many proofs abound. Do u read & believed the words of the bible? let me no before I proceed

Akiintom:
Take God, and show or prove its substantial existence.

are u implying that God doesn't exist?

Lily4star:
Hell No

My mom died when I was 10, after a short while he remarried against the wish of his 5 kids, his focus has been on his new, he isn't responsible for the education, I paid for my own waec, and a loving man took care of my schooling till the level I have gotten, Infact I don't want to talk about it. God forbid I end up with such a man, I and my rest siblings contribute to take care and send the last child of the family to school who's only just 15, meanwhile he still works, I pray enemy doesn't end up with such man, I grew up not understanding a mother's love, and he didn't help for the fatherly love to patch that up either.

touching God will c u tru

was the essence of having a girlfriend without sleeping with her.

Raine80:
You need to forgive yourself, you cannot seek absolution if you still deride yourself like this. Ask yourself , why did you cheat on him, what did you learn from that experience? Has it made you a better wife/person?
By telling your husband what will it accomplish? The only being who forgives without any condition is then person who created you. As for this native doctor marlarky who has the greater power here?
You need to make peace with yourself. You made a mistake learn from that and move on.

u make sense dear

lepasharon:
Yes Yes! I'm with her. She smart. Every baby is not a blessing, infact it becomes a curse when you dont have the resources to cater for it. A good mother wants the best for her child and a good mother will choose to terminate a pregnancy if she hasnt got the resources to give the child a good life.

thou shall not kill. but hence u say that a good mother will choose to terminate a pregnancy, may abortion of all types be ur portion here n hereafter

Pidgin2:
So people believe these lies? OP is not in school, he's already a failure. How is it possible that someone in school will foresee only doom like he is doing, liesss

The only aim of this dumb thread is to rubbish Nigerian education.

which Nigeria education are u refering to? Is there any at all? if yes why are the rich among us sending their children abroad for education? pidgin2 mind ur self ooh

Pidgin2:
I sleep with light on a daily basis

hahaha ur location pls? another lie Mohammed

Pidgin2:
So saying facts now makes me a troll, I should be ashamed of myself because a man of 80 plus decided to seek medical treatment abroad, how does this affect me personally and does this in anyway have anything to do with the OPs topic?

Some ignoramus individuals will never learn even in the US, crime is prevalent :watch Crime and investigation or simply update yourselves by going through their news and yet the media still promotes the good things there for all to see, but the minute Nigeria is mentioned on any thread some simpletons will list everything bad about the country even when it isn't relevant to the topic at hand

Do well to avoid responding to my posts next time because I will always take pride in this country no matter the insults and name calling I get in the process

no wahala. be objective dats wat matters most. do not foolishly defend the undefendable.

u have not made any sense

Akiintom:
OK, which of the Godhead members, has substantial existence?

All of them within the Godhead substantially exists as distinct personalities