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emerem:
Some use the word HATRACY, but there is no word like that. You can only get HATE ot HATRED. Nxt ....

dnt mind those brothers of patrick obahiagbo abi wetin be his name sef

Nigerian English things

When U attend an interview and the employer uses any of these words, kindly correct the employer and U will see the result of sabinus

sammysammy111:
my dear we don argue tire, dem say i be old school, i tell dem say yeso i gree, make i be old school dan speak dat blunder "clap her"

Wetin person no go hear for this world?

Let me add this 'shebi', does that exist?

INSULTIVE

Do not say your words are insultive,say they are insulting

Omo trust 9ja we get sence die

You won't find the words: "barb" the hair and"harmattan" in the dictionary.

'Run for dear lives' not 'Run for your dear lives'.

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Honestly1:
Which rat would u kill first? Please be sincere........ You have just come back from work to see 6 rats • The 1st rat was eating your highest academic certificate maybe a degree Certificate. • The 2nd rat was eating your ATM card. • The 3rd rat was eating your Marriage Certificate. • The 4th rat was eating your land and house ownership documents. • The 5th rat was eating your Visa to travel for a multi-Billion dollar project. • The 6th rat was eating your Bible. Which one would you kill first?

none, because I will wake up

"Educative" correct word is "Educational"

abdulrahaman2:
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Check ur dictionary bro. VULCANIZER: The equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber

abdulrahaman2:
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Check ur dictionary bro. VULCANIZER: The equipment used for the vulcanization of rubber

frisky2good:
Which dictionary you dey use?

asamaigho:
which dictionary are u using?

he he he, in our days in school is not in dico, go and check old dico. biko

NobleAngell:
ROTFL. Can't stop laughing. Clap her koh slap her ni.

Sounds too crude to be true, but yeah it is. It is correct to say "Clap her" rather than "Clap for her"

Back to the thread, I know some people will be surprised that a word like "Agbada" the male robe is in d dictionary and the supposedly English words are nowhere to be found.

English and it's exceptional abnormalities.

Deflower not 'disvirgin'...dont use them anyways

TheMascot:
Who says they don't?. . because the whites don't use it Abi.. we can't change it.. Let them add it to the dictionary.. If you are support say I.. Against.. The lagoon is open

@op thats nigerian english wil be included in newer dictionary editions

UrbanMystique:
Disvirgin should be added to dictionary. I mean mainstream dictionaries like oxford or Webster.

Though, not only Nigerians use disvirgin. it's even in some online dictionary.

It sounds more meaningful than disflowered .. Which flower she carry wey you dey dis .. Mtchewww

hahahahahah
Funny dude

BrightEye:
Here are 7 words Nigerians use every day which don’t exist. These are the kind of words you type into your phone or computer and it draws a red line underneath it. Please read on and educate yourself.

(1.) GO- SLOW Although the word ‘go-slow’ appears in the dictionary, it is wrongly used by many Nigerians. The word go-slow means a form of industrial action in which work or progress is deliberately delayed or slowed down. It does not mean congested traffic, so it is wrong to use it in that way.

(2.) INSTALMENTALLY There is no such word in the English dictionary, this word exists only in the Nigerian edition dictionary (if such a book exists). The correct thing to say is ‘in installments’

(3.) OPPORTUNED How many times do you say ‘I was not opportuned to come’? The correct variants that exist are ‘opporteune’ or ‘opportunity’. The word ‘opportune’ has no past tense.

(4.) CUNNY “That guy is very cunny”. This is wrong, the word is ‘cunning’, not cunny. If you want to refer to someone who is sly or deceitful, use the word ‘cunning’, ‘cunny’ simply does not exist.

(5.) WAKE-KEEPING I’m sure most people will argue with this, but argue as you may, what you will find in the dictionary is ‘wake- keep’. (

6.) SCREENTOUCH PHONE Oyinbo people made these devices and called it ‘touchscreen’, by the time the phones go enter Naija, we rename them ‘screen touch’

(7.) DISVIRGIN No, you did not dis virgin that babe, you deflowered her, you took away her virginity, but you certainly did not disvirgin her, because the word ‘disvirgin’ simply does not exist!

http://kokofeed.com/2015/02/12/7-popular-words-nigerians-use-everyday-that-are-not-in-the-dictionary/

Op, it shows you don't live in Lagos for you not to know that ''Go-slow'' is actually used right, the traffic congestion is delibrately delayed.

Screen touch, Who calls it that ?

Wake-keeping, Lol , well thats because Nigerians could spend years celebrating the dead, rather than a day , so it is contineus, kikiki


Disvirgin makes more sense than disflowering, for crying out loud, our ladies ain't crops, they are humans.

Reason is the dictionary has not been updated

"Majorly" is another one. It does not exist.

But you can say largely, chiefly, mostly, etc

Expantiate => you will never find this word in the dictionary

Na disvirgin I disvirgin folake which one be deflowered

Another example is pepperish

Shouldn't that wake-keep be wake?

My opinion, albeit, I wouldn't know if previous pages have addressed this

Gwazah:
@ op check my screen shot below, u tried but got it wrong with the word disvirging, my dictionary have it.

interesting..

Topshow4real:
Expantiate => you will never find this word in the dictionary

Because the word is actually 'expatiate'.

What about expanciate or kowaciate ?

babamadiba:
No 10, PARASTATER as in federal government parastater.

sorry parastatal

FabioPeter:
"Educative" correct word is "Educational"

Educative is a correct English word.

I think it's high time we have English (NG)

funny enough...etc
Some smart ass should correct this incorrectly used phrase.

Horlufemi:
I think it's high time we have English (NG)

I think it's high time we had English (NG).... Fixed

UrbanMystique:
Disvirgin should be added to dictionary. I mean mainstream dictionaries like oxford or Webster.

Though, not only Nigerians use disvirgin. it's even in some online dictionary.

It sounds more meaningful than disflowered .. Which flower she carry wey you dey dis .. Mtchewww

You just invented a new word O! It's not disflower but deflower abi?