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Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 8:45pm On Oct 15, 2012
lout
RomanceRe: If You Propose To Ur Lady And She Refuses, What Next? by escobar07(m): 8:43pm On Oct 15, 2012
...move on to the next episode. Just move on.
Christianity EtcRe: What Is HAPPY SUNDAY In Your Own Dialect? by escobar07(m): 4:21pm On Oct 14, 2012
Omo Alata: Eku isinmi, I think grin
Think it should rather be 'e ku ojo isinmi'.
Technology MarketRe: Great News - Epad Tablet Phone With Sim Slot (3g In Built) Only N25,0000 by escobar07(m): 3:38pm On Oct 13, 2012
This one fit dey hot after using it for 2 hours.
Nairaland GeneralRe: A Section On Nairaland That You've Never Visited by escobar07(m): 5:51am On Oct 13, 2012
cdamsel: For me it ends in d general forum oh,neva visted d entertainment forum.
In d science/tech forum,just been into programming.

Wat about u guys?
Really? I have been every. Though i rarely visit some places
PoliticsRe: Patience Jonathan Still In German Hospital - SaharaReporters by escobar07(m): 6:03pm On Oct 05, 2012
hey, is she not resting?
CelebritiesRe: Nicki Minaj Set To Perform At This Year’s Calabar Carnival For $200,000 by escobar07(m): 5:47pm On Oct 05, 2012
Men, i shall be there. I dont feel her last album sha.
PoliticsRe: Lagos Assembly Divided Over Chinese Language Introduction by escobar07(m): 6:56pm On Oct 04, 2012
The french language that was introduced, how many have learnt it?
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 10:46am On Oct 01, 2012
saccharine
LiteratureRe: How To Say "I Love You" In Different Languages by escobar07(m): 8:17am On Oct 01, 2012
Hausa: Ina sun ki(to a gurl).
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PoliticsRe: Bomb Factory Found In Kano by escobar07(m): 8:49pm On Sep 28, 2012
This place has a thriving bomb industry.
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 1:13pm On Sep 25, 2012
sulking
Jokes EtcRe: Akpos Question To Aunty Dolly ! by escobar07(m): 9:19pm On Sep 24, 2012
CLIQBOY: Na joke be dix?
true talk!
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 8:15pm On Sep 19, 2012
esoteric
PoliticsRe: GEJ To Strip Questionable Characters Of National Awards by escobar07(m): 5:58pm On Sep 18, 2012
He's bluffing. Poppycock!
CrimeRe: Female Banker Sends Robbers After Customer by escobar07(m): 5:51pm On Sep 18, 2012
Thumbs up to the guy who was robbed. Im brain sharp.
PoliticsRe: South-west Looking Up To Anambra For Politico-economic Emancipation by escobar07(m): 2:46pm On Sep 16, 2012
confusing!
Music/RadioRe: What Song Do You Have On Replay Today? by escobar07(m): 5:52pm On Sep 15, 2012
Not just a song but songs.

Beware- Big Punisher
Locomotive- Nas
World is an addiction- Nas
Let me ride - Dr dre
PoliticsRe: Nigeria Offers To Help Zimbabwe Conduct Fair Elections by escobar07(m): 6:31pm On Sep 12, 2012
let them send maurice iwu if they want to have the best.
PoliticsRe: "We're Yet To Reap The Benefits Of Jonathan In Power" - South-south Leaders by escobar07(m): 11:14am On Sep 09, 2012
They should worry. Very soon, warri will be FCT.
Music/RadioRe: D Banj Or Don Jazzy...who Is Doing Better After Split by escobar07(m): 4:10pm On Sep 05, 2012
Maybe too early to make to comprehensive analysis, but dbanj is slightly ahead
CareerRe: Cariers That Are Hard To Promote by escobar07(m): 4:07pm On Sep 05, 2012
1)prostitution
2)drug dealing
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 4:01pm On Sep 05, 2012
Tort
EducationThis Article Makes For A Good Read by escobar07(op): 1:12pm On Sep 01, 2012
List of Misused Words and True Meanings of some Statements

Here is a short list of commonly misused words and the true meanings of some statements. A visitor to Nigeria may be shocked to know that each item on this list has its own special meaning, different from the conventional meaning. Consulting a dictionary will be a waste of time. If you are going to visit Nigeria soon, pay close attention to what each means; if you are a Nigerian, you will get entertainment value. Note that the writer is not unaware of exceptions, but these exceptions only prove the rules

Ultra-modern
There is hardly a Nigerian who has not come across an ‘ultra-modern’ motor park’. Is there anything modern, not to mention ultra-modern, about these parks? Zilch! They are usually eyesores. These are parks with corrugated roofing sheets of probably the lowest quality (trust Nigerian politicians, they love to cut corners) supported by bamboo or logs. Public toilets are either not maintained or non-existent. If you ever have to answer the call of nature (or use the gent’s or ladies), good luck. It is assumed that there will always be sunshine, so no provision is made for electric bulbs. When you are there, pray that there will be no rain because they usually have poor drainage systems. You are likely going to also have to put up with some noisy NURTW roughnecks and, to cap it, a smelly environment.

‘I am going abroad to woo investors’
Also used by politicians. It actually means that he/she is going abroad to look for where to stash stolen funds.

'State-of-the-art'
When a product launched or a facility is commissioned, the ritual is usually not complete if ‘state of the art’ is left out. Put succinctly, it is usually the word used by people (deceptively) to call to consumer’s attention a crappy, built-and-used during-the-70’s products or facilities—this will be an appropriate definition. A book about commonly misused words in Nigeria is definitely not worth the sheets of paper used in printing it if a chapter is not dedicated to it.

‘There is no cause for alarm as everything is under control. We are on top of the situation’
Ironically, when you hear this or something to that effect from a law enforcement officer, then it’s a clarion call to you to take your leave or be extra-vigilant as the problem may be about 'explode.'

‘Armed to the teeth policemen’
When you hear armed to the teeth policemen, don’t be deceive, government hardly cares about their welfare not to talk of properly arming them. What you have is a sorry bunch of ill-equipped, ill-motivated, hungry-looking (usually described incorrectly as stern-looking) policemen with rusty guns (never the type that ‘shys away’ from accidental discharge), standing beside an armoured personnel carrier.

‘Well-stocked library’
If you are looking for ONLY old editions of books, it certainly a good place to start your search. If you are looking for books with the latest in the new field of, say, nanotechnology, you may be shocked to know that no book in the library has the word nanotechnology in it and that the library received its last consignment of books some 30 years ago.

‘What!’
When you hear this, you are watching a Nollywood movie.

‘I will bounce back’
Usually used by a dishonest politician who has been disgraced, telling you not to write him/her off? Do so at your own peril. Their bounce back rate can be as high as 80%.


‘He is clueless’
Used by critics to refer to no other person than the current president.

‘It is a figment of the imagination of the enemies who are bent on destroying the good works of this government. Mr Governor/President is ever committed to delivering the dividends of democracy to his people and will not be distracted by rabble-rousers.’
This is the typical content of a press release by media assistants to government officials. They are just ‘returning fire.’

‘Mr. Governor/President is not thinking about a second term’
That statement is all you need to know that a second term ambition is in the cards.
Got it from [url]naijafacts..com[/url]
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 5:28pm On Aug 18, 2012
myriad
PoliticsRe: S’east, S’west, S’south Divided Over Indigene/settler Clause by escobar07(m): 1:31pm On Aug 18, 2012
it wont change anything here.
PoliticsRe: FG Indicts Conoil, MRS, Capital Oil, 18 Others by escobar07(m): 1:17pm On Aug 18, 2012
Another action movie with no bozz(villian). everybody is a winner here
HealthRe: Mixing Alcohol With Energy Drinks Can Raise Risk Of Heart Problems by escobar07(m): 1:18am On Aug 18, 2012
Really?
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 12:27am On Aug 15, 2012
xylan
Forum GamesRe: Start Your Own Word With The Last Letter by escobar07(m): 12:40am On Aug 13, 2012
decoy
SportsRe: Why Nigerians Have Not Vamoosed At The Olympics Like Cameroonians? by escobar07(m): 5:40pm On Aug 08, 2012
Maybe dem give dem beta close marking. Lol
EducationA New One From MIT, Harvard And Berkeley by escobar07(op): 12:17am On Aug 06, 2012
edX is a joint venture initiated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University that will offer university-level courses from a wide range of disciplines online to a worldwide audience at no charge. The two institutions have each contributed $30 million to the nonprofit project. Scheduled for launch in Fall 2012, edX will incorporate and build on MITx, a similar project launched by MIT in December 2011[1]. The "learning platform" will be developed as open source software and made available to other institutions of higher learning which wish to make similar offerings; there are plans to allow other schools to offer courses on the edX website also. Plans are to create online learning software that moves beyond videos of lectures to interactive experience.[2] For a modest fee certificates of successful completion will be offered but not college credit. Neither MIT nor Harvard students may take the online courses for credit; they will be used to enrich their learning experience.[2] In addition to educational offerings the project will be used to research learning and distance education.
( from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdX )

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