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President Buhari’s political brand is going from
being the most linguistically innovative in the run-
up to the last general election to being lackluster
and plagued by grammatical and creativity deficits.
In my April 26, 2015 article titled “’From Febuhari
to General March for Buhari: Buharis Linguistic
March to Aso Rock ” I observed that “In the battle
for the hearts and minds of voters, enthusiasts of
President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari on
cyber space were incredibly linguistically creative.
They came up with original, persuasive, catchy,
memorable, and thought-provoking puns, which
helped construct a rhetoric of inevitability of
Buhari’s victory. President Jonathan’s supporters
were caught flat-footed by the unassailable
rhetorical ingenuity of Buhari’s supporters; they
came up with no original puns of their own, and
merely reacted with thoughtless and rhetorically
impoverished comebacks to the rhetorical
demolition of their candidate.”
President Buhari’s media team is reversing this
gain. See below my itemization of the ways in
which the president’s spokesmen are soiling his
linguistic brand.
1. “Wailing Wailers”: There is probably no clearer
evidence of the creativity deficit of the president’s
media men than the deployment of the term
“wailing wailers” to describe critics of President
Buhari.
There are two things wrong with that expression.
One, “Wailing Wailers” is a historically positive
term. It betrays spectacular creativity deficit to
insult your opponent with a term of esteem.
Anyone who knows a little bit about music history
knows that “Wailing Wailers” is one of the earliest
names of the reggae band formed by Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in Jamaica.
When the band was formed in the early 1960s, it
was called “The Teenagers.” A few years later, the
band’s name changed to “The Wailing Rudeboys.”
The group again changed its name to the “Wailing
Wailers.” This change of name coincided with the
time it was discovered by an influential Jamaican
producer, who gave it national and international
prominence. After some more years, the group
changed its name to simply “The Wailers.” When
Peter Tosh pulled out of the band, it came to be
known as “Bob Marley and the Wailers.”
I grew up on Bob Marley’s music, and one of my
trivial bragging rights is that I know every single
song Bob Marley sang from the late 1960s till his
death in 1981. To use the name of a progressive,
emancipatory, anti-imperialist, pan-Africanist
musical group as a term of insult is the height of
ignorance!
Let’s even assume that Adesina didn’t know of the
“Wailing Wailers” (which is unlikely, given his age
and the fact that Bob Marley was a sensation in
Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s when he came of
age), as a grammatical category, shorn of any
association with Bob Marley and his band
members, “wailing wailers” is an idiotic turn of
phrase. What else should wailers do but wail?
Laugh? Smile? Well, they are wailers because they
wail, which makes “wailing wailers” pointless and,
frankly, unimaginative phraseology. It’s like saying
“writing writers,” “singing singers,” “lying liars,”
“fighting fighters,” etc. That’s meaningless and
unintelligent waste of words.

dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics-of-grammar/from-febuhari-to-wailing-wailers--linhuistic-creativity-eecline-of-the-buhari-brand/109552.html

lemme wait for our scholars who can read this long story and tell us what its all about *spreads mat*

Masturbating masturbators. *grins

SexyStrawberry:
lemme wait for our scholars who can read this long story and tell us what its all about *spreads mat*

lemme join u pls

Utter rubbish!

On point.

Why use a progressive movement to describe your critics.Thats dumb as fcck.

complaining complainers

It is play on words called "PUN"
I
Pun is an humourous use of words, so it is not wrong.
I'm sure the person who wrote that article, did not do English literature.

Babe2sure:
It is play on words called "PUN"
I
Pun is an humourous use of words, so it is not wrong.
I'm sure the person who wrote that article, did not do English literature.

He did.


His teachers didn't.

another wailing wailer

pazienza:
Masturbating masturbators. *grins

bleepin bleepers,haha!

MrFairplay4ume:
President Buhari’s political brand is going from
being the most linguistically innovative in the run-
up to the last general election to being lackluster
and plagued by grammatical and creativity deficits.
In my April 26, 2015 article titled “’From Febuhari
to General March for Buhari: Buharis Linguistic
March to Aso Rock ” I observed that “In the battle
for the hearts and minds of voters, enthusiasts of
President-elect General Muhammadu Buhari on
cyber space were incredibly linguistically creative.
They came up with original, persuasive, catchy,
memorable, and thought-provoking puns, which
helped construct a rhetoric of inevitability of
Buhari’s victory. President Jonathan’s supporters
were caught flat-footed by the unassailable
rhetorical ingenuity of Buhari’s supporters; they
came up with no original puns of their own, and
merely reacted with thoughtless and rhetorically
impoverished comebacks to the rhetorical
demolition of their candidate.”
President Buhari’s media team is reversing this
gain. See below my itemization of the ways in
which the president’s spokesmen are soiling his
linguistic brand.
1. “Wailing Wailers”: There is probably no clearer
evidence of the creativity deficit of the president’s
media men than the deployment of the term
“wailing wailers” to describe critics of President
Buhari.
There are two things wrong with that expression.
One, “Wailing Wailers” is a historically positive
term. It betrays spectacular creativity deficit to
insult your opponent with a term of esteem.
Anyone who knows a little bit about music history
knows that “Wailing Wailers” is one of the earliest
names of the reggae band formed by Bob Marley,
Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer in Jamaica.
When the band was formed in the early 1960s, it
was called “The Teenagers.” A few years later, the
band’s name changed to “The Wailing Rudeboys.”
The group again changed its name to the “Wailing
Wailers.” This change of name coincided with the
time it was discovered by an influential Jamaican
producer, who gave it national and international
prominence. After some more years, the group
changed its name to simply “The Wailers.” When
Peter Tosh pulled out of the band, it came to be
known as “Bob Marley and the Wailers.”
I grew up on Bob Marley’s music, and one of my
trivial bragging rights is that I know every single
song Bob Marley sang from the late 1960s till his
death in 1981. To use the name of a progressive,
emancipatory, anti-imperialist, pan-Africanist
musical group as a term of insult is the height of
ignorance!
Let’s even assume that Adesina didn’t know of the
“Wailing Wailers” (which is unlikely, given his age
and the fact that Bob Marley was a sensation in
Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s when he came of
age), as a grammatical category, shorn of any
association with Bob Marley and his band
members, “wailing wailers” is an idiotic turn of
phrase. What else should wailers do but wail?
Laugh? Smile? Well, they are wailers because they
wail, which makes “wailing wailers” pointless and,
frankly, unimaginative phraseology. It’s like saying
“writing writers,” “singing singers,” “lying liars,”
“fighting fighters,” etc. That’s meaningless and
unintelligent waste of words.

dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics-of-grammar/from-febuhari-to-wailing-wailers--linhuistic-creativity-eecline-of-the-buhari-brand/109552.html

excellent write up.av always thot of dat phrase as too dumb! Its just like callin sb a drivin driver. V dumb!

That's what happens when the president of a nation that has many educated person is being ruled by an illiterate, cow-rearing president. And to think the i.diots who are APC supporters here didn't stop to question the absurdity of that phrase.

Nonsensical Nonsense!

pazienza:
Masturbating masturbators. *grins

This what you could think out of ya big skul.

PassingShot:
Utter rubbish!

Just like your Hopless self

arewafederation:
Nonsensical Nonsense!

gworo seller

GenbIoodykiller:
gworo seller

Product of baby factory.

arewafederation:
Product of baby factory.

mai gworo how far?

sonOfLucifer:
He did.

His teachers didn't.

I-LAUGH

Wailing Wailer.
The combo that dethroned Barcanista from Nairaland Republic.
@OP, continue with your english tutorial. I'm not bothered.

SOMETIMES SOME COINED WORDS SUSPEND LAW OF CORRECT ENGLISH OR ANYTHING ...IN INTERPRETING SOME WORDS YOU FORGET LITERAL MEANING ...WAILING WAILERS IS COINED WORD TO DEFINE SOME SET OF PEOPLE AND THE POPULACE IN CONTEXT UNDERSTANDS IT (WHICH IS WHAT MATTER MOST)....JUST LIKE CRYING-CRYERS DEFINE ANOTHER SET OF PEOPLE .... I REST MY HAND BUT AFTER CLICKING THE SUBMIT BUTTON