Avwebọ (or Amebọ as it's pronounced in some parts) is an Urhobo word meaning favorite wife in a polygamous home, the least favorite being referred to as 'Avweorọvwe'.

In Urhobo culture, where polygamy was common before Christianity, the favorite wife (Avwebo) of a homestead, is loved and desired by her husband for various reasons such as beauty, submissiveness, good culinary skills or other desires qualities.

The Avwebo was looked up to not just by the husband but by the extended family and even the community, with high expectations. It was her duty to ensure that everything is in place for the husband and she was expected to be friendly with her husband's family, friends and community and try not to fall out of favour with them.

Due to the high social expectations invested in her, such a woman would normally always go out of her way to try to please everybody with the husband at the helm. Some of the things an 'Avwebo' would normally do more than the others apart from spending more nights with the man of the house include washing Oga's clothes, cooking most times, being in charge of the hospitality for oga's guests, sharing thoughts with the Husband etc. Hence she has the ears of the man of the house and will be the first to report whatever must have transpired in the compound or community while hubby was away including the misdeeds of her mate's children.

'Avwebo' was also fond of breaking the news first and telling people around the negative things she must have heard about them from others in her efforts to be in their good books.

Why "Amebo" for gossip in Nigeria parlance?

The Urhobo people metaphorically do refer to people especially females with a holier-than-thou- attitude or those who will always talk about everything that happens, sometimes to the point of exaggeration as 'avwebo'. As a result of this, other Nigerians started using the word too when referring to a notorious gossips and the name spread gradually starting from Lagos.

Peter Ikogho also gave an interesting account about this matter in an earlier post.

"... Coming to Amebo being refered to as a Gossip is a fallout of the role played by Veteran Actress Mrs Ibidun Allison in the now long rested Soap Opera/Drama series -The Village Headmaster(NTA Series) of the middle 1960s up to early 1980s - where in her effort to please everyone in the Community became a gossip/local News carrier."

'Amebo' is more common as against the 'Avwebo' mostly due to the inability of most Nigerians, non Urhobo or Edo speakers to pronounce some consonants like 'vw/vb', replacing it with 'm', though some Urhobo groups pronounce 'Amebo' in their dialect.

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Quite educative.

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Opharhe:
Avwebọ (or Amebọ as it's pronounced in some parts) is an Urhobo word meaning favorite wife in a polygamous home, the least favorite being referred to as 'Avweorọvwe'.

In Urhobo culture, where polygamy was common before Christianity, the favorite wife (Avwebo) of a homestead, is loved and desired by her husband for various reasons such as beauty, submissiveness, good culinary skills or other desires qualities.

The Avwebo was looked up to not just by the husband but by the extended family and even the community, with high expectations. It was her duty to ensure that everything is in place for the husband and she was expected to be friendly with her husband's family, friends and community and try not to fall out of favour with them.

Due to the high social expectations invested in her, such a woman would normally always go out of her way to try to please everybody with the husband at the helm. Some of the things an 'Avwebo' would normally do more than the others apart from spending more nights with the man of the house include washing Oga's clothes, cooking most times, being in charge of the hospitality for oga's guests, sharing thoughts with the Husband etc. Hence she has the ears of the man of the house and will be the first to report whatever must have transpired in the compound or community while hubby was away including the misdeeds of her mate's children.

'Avwebo' was also fond of breaking the news first and telling people around the negative things she must have heard about them from others in her efforts to be in their good books.

Why "Amebo" for gossip in Nigeria parlance?

The Urhobo people metaphorically do refer to people especially females with a holier-than-thou- attitude or those who will always talk about everything that happens, sometimes to the point of exaggeration as 'avwebo'. As a result of this, other Nigerians started using the word too when referring to a notorious gossips and the name spread gradually starting from Lagos.

Peter Ikogho also gave an interesting account about this matter in an earlier post.

"... Coming to Amebo being refered to as a Gossip is a fallout of the role played by Veteran Actress Mrs Ibidun Allison in the now long rested Soap Opera/Drama series -The Village Headmaster(NTA Series) of the middle 1960s up to early 1980s - where in her effort to please everyone in the Community became a gossip/local News carrier."

'Amebo' is more common as against the 'Avwebo' mostly due to the inability of most Nigerians, non Urhobo or Edo speakers to pronounce some consonants like 'vw/vb', replacing it with 'm', though some Urhobo groups pronounce 'Amebo' in their dialect.

Awka use vb.

Probz:


Awka use vb.

Awka in Anambra?

fratermathy and Efewestern welldone o. I greet you guys.
Help me mention some others like Onuwaje and co.
lalasticlala abeg do something.

Opharhe:
Awka in Anambra?

Where else?

lol

Ambode

Lol

Wooow...Truly the more we live the more we learn.


Before I been dey think say Amebo na those people wey go rush come tell you something with 80% jara, come still beg you before Dem go say make you sef no go tell anybody o. Meanwhile you be the 20th person wey Dem tell

Opharhe:
fratermathy and Efewestern welldone o. I greet you guys.
Help me mention some others like Onuwaje and co.
lalasticlala abeg do something.

oniovo o ti front page nurhe'

Even Ikébé (buttocks) come from the Urhobo language.

And don't get me started with their slangs

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Gbekeyide




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This is awesome.

lol

Never knew it had its origin from the urhobo Language. Urhobo wado!

Interesting

I think say na afonja get the word amebo, just like una is Igbo word for all of u you like unu ncha

OK, nice 1 from the OP

Amebo {Pronoun}

Origin {Yoruba Pidgin}

Meaning {Someone who pokes into others affairs unnecessarily especially uninvited}

Example Given. {That little girl that went back to the aboki to say "The difference is the taste" in that Indomie advert}.

Footnote: Amebos are found everywhere. They are offline bloggers with tales to tell always.

They know when you receive your salary, when you get a new girlfriend/boyfriend, they know something about everything/everyone.

When you get in their bad books or have a lil secret about you to tell, they pick unnecessary fights and arguments with you.

They are mostly poor, miserable and frustrated.

Does this describe you?.

naptu2:
The New Village Headmaster. Amebo unwittingly exposes an undercover cop.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xutwP3AK8MY

Other nicknames that were names of characters on The Village Headmaster include:

A gossip is known as Amebo.

A bald headed or close-shaven person is known as Gorimapa.

An Igbo shop owner is known as Okoro.

And people still use Chief Eleyinmi's catch phrases like, "immediate effect and automatic alacrity", "nonsense and ingredients", etc.

NOBODY BEATS YORUBAS WHEN IT COMES TO AMEBO.. THEY GOT PHD IN IT

Story dosent add up abeg,amebo is just a made up slangs,,how Awvebo and amebo take resemble?

The word AMEBO is purely Esan language in Edo State. It has the same meaning as the Urhobo simile, i.e. favourite wife in a polygamous marriage.

Interesting

Interesting but not correct.
Amebo was a character in a TV programme from the 1970's called Village Headmaster. She was the village gossip. The character was played by Ibidun Lawson

The word Amebo as used to ascribe to a gossip came from this character in the play

ok

Hmmm....even Google can't give such details about the word. Very educative.