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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 6:55pm On Aug 14, 2015

missmary:

Sidown there dey drink frozen goat milk.. Y all the vexing

Me drinking goat milk? If I catch you

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by nas00(m): 7:09pm On Aug 14, 2015

1) Eruku (compressed form of erú ikú): Meaning someone who is a die hard thug, and fears under no situation whatsoever.

E.g.. Haaa! Awon eruku ti ya wo'le. Ki Olori di ori e mu ni bayi oooo

2) Waa gbayi: Literally meaning 'may you also be honoured'.. Usually said (in a cracked voice) when you have shown some kind of respect or recognition to street/ area boys. Often used along with 'Alaye' or 'Omo aye'

3) Waasere omo: Used in circumstances similar to (2) above OR to show appreciation to a nigga who has impressed

4) Signature: Ragged stab (usually from a broken bottle)

E.g.. Emi ni mi n ba e soro, o lo n palantia. Oga Ade, ja'ra e oo. Mi maa fun e ni signature l'owo kan.. (note the isale èko language)

5) le'run: literally means "to stiffen one's neck". Used to imply stubborn attitude.

E.g: Alaye, mi n ba e soro, o lo n le'run abi?.. Ok, maa lo nigba yen. (If you wise, don't move an inch. Just dey beg/ appease the area boy o. If hin feel you, hin go eventually free you and even hail u sef say u get sense)

6) 'Lere: Short/ Behind code for Surulere area of Lagos.

7) Claro: Another name for weed (igbo)

cool

Maa da emu l'egbe e: Literal translation means "I will tap palm wine from your side".. Omo, if boys yarn dis one, na stabbing tinz be dat o. Only say na RED WINE go show grin

9) Ma rèpètè OR Ma wararo: Simply means "No go dull yourself o" or "Don't waste time"

E.g.. (agbero calling passengers) "Ajegunle enikan wo'le sibe, ma lo wararo"

Alaye, ma lo rèpètè ooooo

10) Kálá/ òkálá: Kala = mean/ wicked... Okala= A very mean/ wicked person.

E.g: Haa!.. Awon omo Ojuelegba yen Kala gidi gan ni!

*Wallai, Òkálá ni Eleweomo

The streets ain't smiling in Las Gidi mehn!

You gast to ja'ra e when you dey hood for Lag.. You must learn how to make very mean faces and yarn the slangs freely flowing, as it can save you a lot of intimidation.

I don intimidate several of the so called area boys on a few occasions sef. They thought I was a stronger 'area' ni grin

The last time was when I went to buy sth at Balogun mkt and I parked under the bridge at marina (beside UBA towers). Imagine one idiot told me I MUST drop my car key with him (lol). Maybe he tot I was 'buttie', seeing I was driving a nice car and well dressed. I immediately started speaking to him (with a weed voice and strong face) after getting down from my car: "Waasere omo aye. Mi de tan nisinyi. Mi kan fe sare gba nkan nibeyen ni. Eelo ni owo e?".. The guy immediately softened and he allowed me park without dropping my key grin

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by AJORE(m): 7:14pm On Aug 14, 2015

vickerz:
wat of "sneh", skibo.. ,askari !

wat of "sneh", skibo.. ,askari !

Sneh : to lay emphasis on somethin, it also means "on point" eg nairaland sneh, farano sneh, etc

Skibo : im not sure of the meanin.. lil kesh uses it alot

Askari :means someone with craze, ie someone that shud not be fvcked with /pissed offf

Goobe : trouble

Poron : means dick

Gbana : weed

Shisha : weed

Skunk / Sk : an advanced type of weed

Tiny : cocaine

Omo Aiye ; sure guy, or my guy

Abete : a place where street boys meet and convene

Kpoli: : weed

Mhen, i miss lasgidi

Oga Ade

Woju uche

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 7:42pm On Aug 14, 2015

Please can anyone tell me the meaning if Owere. A friend of mine used it a lot back in the days.

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Babe2sure(f): 7:59pm On Aug 14, 2015

Omo aiye
Se oye e
O sa mo
O lon gbemu abi
Omo to shon
O ta yeriyeri
Lasgidi
Ki lon lo ni floor
Omo jaye jaye
Kosi were
O lon jeju padi e
Gboju n be
Apian
O kin woju abi
Ki lon happen n

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 2:10am On Aug 15, 2015

missmary:

May not familiar ko.. Doesnt familiar ni...Park well, Not evryone knows that buhari is president

missmary u look like wife material,can I sow a wife with ur material?

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by yskay: 3:34am On Aug 15, 2015

FriedPlantain:
Aaaaaaah!!!

When you are in a heated arguement with another Lagosian especially conductors or those agberos and it looks very likely that a physical fight is on the way, just shout the word 'Aaaaaaah!' 3 times and end with by screaming the word 'Emi, emi, emi, wa ku leni!'
Say this and you would immediately notice a look of panic on the other guy's face.

extremely funny! But you did not include the name of your area. Ahhhhhh! Ahhhhh! Emi omo mushin, ni alasalatu street, wa ku leni. Lol

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by missmary(f): 7:51am On Aug 15, 2015

dancok:
missmary u look like wife material,can I sow a wife with ur material?

See pick up line... GOD! please sew for me too

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by juman(m): 8:39am On Aug 15, 2015

Funny.

Twale
Twale is an exclamation that is used to show
respect to another person. In Lagos, saying Twale
is accompanied by raising the two hands and
raising a leg. That’s to show the person that you
accord the person some respect. In dangerous
situations, shouting twale can take you out of a
dangerous situation.Area boys are the king of the street.
In difficult situations learning to speak like them can save your life.

Twale to oluomo oshodi, there is no king in oshodi except oluomo.

Twale to eleko of eko, oba akiolu.

Twale to eko general of lagos, gov. ambode.

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by meelorlah(f): 8:49am On Aug 15, 2015

Lolz...lasgidi peeps get skushies for head wella.Surprisingly, I know virtually all d slangs grin

...Area! No more twale na buate owo meji feyan kan,se ko wale?

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by jarfarchiks(m): 2:34pm On Aug 15, 2015

Ops for opainkgodos street wise chicks
Opss for senior opainkgodos dem olosho etc

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 2:44pm On Aug 15, 2015

missmary:

See pick up line... GOD! please sew for me too

that is what we want to do now,let begin here.krexdele@yahoo.co.uk

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by mrskillz: 1:19am On Aug 16, 2015

Core staff- Police

Gen gen! - e don set

Stop shebe- stop that habit

Frosho- fresh dude or babe

Waya waya (wire wire)- yahoo boi

Oti ye e- u grab

Te so ju e- whip the p*ssy

Ijaya or Phobia!- strong man

Omo wobe- Outllawz, jail bird, Confam omo ita(bastard)

Igboro aye- street

Babaly- Chairman

Ko sere ni moscow- no time (literarily means no playing in moscow)

Shakiti bobo( from the word shakitiyan)- Hustle-Hard nigga.

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 8:41pm On Aug 18, 2015

missmary:

See pick up line... GOD! please sew for me too

what ur facebook name let me add u.

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 4:15pm On Aug 21, 2015

Samguine:

Thanks for the explanation

Helllo bro. Pls I sent u a mail to samsonoloto. Need to find out summin from u asap. Thanks man

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by krysTein(m): 6:17pm On Jun 08, 2016

Wot of Olohun

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by spartanobad(m): 12:38am On Jun 09, 2016

krysTein:
Wot of Olohun

lolz dis guy

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by krysTein(m): 11:55pm On Jun 12, 2016

spartanobad:
lolz dis guy

Na wetin

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Breey: 5:37am On Jun 27, 2016

wat of "sneh", skibo.. ,askari !

wat of "sneh", skibo.. ,askari !

Sneh : to lay emphasis on somethin, it also means "on point" eg nairaland sneh, farano sneh, etc

Skibo : im not sure of the meanin.. lil kesh uses it alot

Askari :means someone with craze, ie someone that shud not be fvcked with /pissed offf

Goobe : trouble

Poron : means dick

Gbana : weed

Shisha : weed

Skunk / Sk : an advanced type of weed

Tiny : cocaine

Omo Aiye ; sure guy, or my guy

Abete : a place where street boys meet and convene

Kpoli: : weed

Mhen, i miss lasgidi

Askari also means police in Swahili.

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by tripoli007(m): 10:09am On Jul 13, 2016

Mutiuu --- means a mugu or a fool
Gbera -- means movement
Ma kana -- don't dull
Omo ase -- a dull person
Aja 4 -- sharp movement

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by edolafa(m): 4:18pm On Oct 22, 2016

"wobe" smoke joint, preferably weed. "Omo wobe" smoke joint gang.

SonofBenjamin:
Please what's d meaning of "Eyin omo wobe"
And "Kimo ladi, kimo jedi, kimo mudi"
I hope that's how its spelt sha..Biko enlighten me

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Nobody: 6:59pm On Apr 15, 2017

As far as the full naija dey concerned, na warri dey finish work for pidgin.

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Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Lewaluv(f): 12:19am On May 20, 2017

I just said this to someone.. What does it mean??

Aaaaaaah!!!

When you are in a heated arguement with another Lagosian especially conductors or those agberos and it looks very likely that a physical fight is on the way, just shout the word 'Aaaaaaah!' 3 times and end with by screaming the word 'Emi, emi, emi, wa ku leni!'
Say this and you would immediately notice a look of panic on the other guy's face.

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Konquest: 11:49am On Feb 08, 2018

Aaaaaaah!!!

When you are in a heated arguement with another Lagosian especially conductors or those agberos and it looks very likely that a physical fight is on the way, just shout the word 'Aaaaaaah!' 3 times and end with by screaming the word 'Emi, emi, emi, wa ku leni!'
Say this and you would immediately notice a look of panic on the other guy's face.

^^^^

... only in lasgidi... LOL! Crazy!...
"Aaaaaaah!"

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Pamela3000: 2:56pm On Mar 06, 2018

What is the meaning of shanowole?

Re: Top 10 Lagos Slangs You Must Know As A Resident by Karlifate: 11:05pm On Nov 09, 2020

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