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Alaye means...owners of the world in this sense

#50 is called 'white'[color=#990000][/color]

money121:
Oshaa prapra (mean brand new)

Eko lo pe ibi

you too current my guy

ETILA100:
your side

means driver go...

Balkan:
Abeg wetin "your side" mean inside bus?

if bus full. conductor go tell driver. your side. meaning make dem dey go..

or make driver go front

can mean to switch lane
to watch wetin d next car dey drive

50. waso or white

Am loyal to your order boss. Long time?

IVORY2009:
Aleye baba bawo?

See ur money for bus stop= see passengers for bus stop

MetroBaba1:
Lalasticlala, Oya Cut Your Hand Enter Front Page

Na Lala pishure be dat?

Toflez:
is FIGO not referred to as #50

its 500

Toflez:
is FIGO not referred to as #50

it is 500 hundred Naira. N50 is white or wazo

Driver duo- driver stop d vehicle
Driver revise- reverse
Wash ur side - rear view
Wo le pelu chanji - pls enter with exact fare
Driver go on - driver move
Wash wash - be focus

Enter with your change o

if una no get change, i go marry una

Parole lo jor

Alaba Suuuru

Iyanaba Volks

Answer your bustop o



i need a translator abeg

AutoJoshNG:
Nigerians would always be peculiar people.Thats what makes the country fun and distracts us from all the wahala .

If you are coming to Nigeria or Lagos for the first time , this would be very helpful.

Here are some slangs we won’t stop saying anytime soon .



Go Slow
This is the way we say “traffic jam” in Naija . I dey inside go slow .

Drop
This has two meanings, it means hailing a taxi and riding in it alone to your destination. It also means alighting from a bus or taxi.

Fockanizer
Well, nothing much to say here, its Vulcanizer people .

Rewire
“Rewire” is actually an action , the person doing the rewiring should be called an electrician , not a rewire, my country pipo !.

Bomber
Its “bumper” folks , haha .

Men In Black
This refers to the police , the popo , the Nigerian Police Force .

Agbero
This word doesnt really mean something abusive , it can be translated as “Carrier of people /carrier of crowd” .But the madness of the agberos has made the word abusive.So it means conductors, tax collectors , infact any tout and their species .

Alaye
From my little understanding of Yoruba , alaye means “the living” “alive” “lively” ,but the way its used is similar to the way Americans call their friends “nigga” or “brah” or “bro” .

Gberaa
It means “move” or “move fast” or “drive” .

Figo
Danfo slang for 500 Naira .I am still confused how they coined this name .

Shandi/Muri
Danfo slang for 20 Naira . Muri-> Muritala Mohammed on the note

Waso/Wazo
Danfo slang for 50 Naira .Coined from two out of the three major ethnic group’s intepretation of “come” .

Wa= Yoruba

Zo=Hausa

Faiba/Fiber
Danfo slang for 10 Naira

Cut Your Hand
This one cracks me up every time .It means “turn the steering wheel” .


Was I spot on ? see any errors ? add yours .

by Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/15-funny-lagos-traffic-auto-slangs/

Your fiber is wrong
Fiber is removing the last zero and calling the sum like that.
E.g- ten fibre is one hundred naira.
20 fibre is 200 naira.
1 fibre is 10naira

AutoJoshNG:
Nigerians would always be peculiar people.Thats what makes the country fun and distracts us from all the wahala .

If you are coming to Nigeria or Lagos for the first time , this would be very helpful.

Here are some slangs we won’t stop saying anytime soon .



Go Slow
This is the way we say “traffic jam” in Naija . I dey inside go slow .

Drop
This has two meanings, it means hailing a taxi and riding in it alone to your destination. It also means alighting from a bus or taxi.

Fockanizer
Well, nothing much to say here, its Vulcanizer people .

Rewire
“Rewire” is actually an action , the person doing the rewiring should be called an electrician , not a rewire, my country pipo !.

Bomber
Its “bumper” folks , haha .

Men In Black
This refers to the police , the popo , the Nigerian Police Force .

Agbero
This word doesnt really mean something abusive , it can be translated as “Carrier of people /carrier of crowd” .But the madness of the agberos has made the word abusive.So it means conductors, tax collectors , infact any tout and their species .

Alaye
From my little understanding of Yoruba , alaye means “the living” “alive” “lively” ,but the way its used is similar to the way Americans call their friends “nigga” or “brah” or “bro” .

Gberaa
It means “move” or “move fast” or “drive” .

Figo
Danfo slang for 500 Naira .I am still confused how they coined this name .

Shandi/Muri
Danfo slang for 20 Naira . Muri-> Muritala Mohammed on the note

Waso/Wazo
Danfo slang for 50 Naira .Coined from two out of the three major ethnic group’s intepretation of “come” .

Wa= Yoruba

Zo=Hausa

Faiba/Fiber
Danfo slang for 10 Naira

Cut Your Hand
This one cracks me up every time .It means “turn the steering wheel” .


Was I spot on ? see any errors ? add yours .

by Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/15-funny-lagos-traffic-auto-slangs/

reverse back...

Normally, it can also mean trailing some one....

Pavore9:
"Wole pelu change o" gets me angry!

It's every time dem never get change.

egbedakejalong!! wole pelu 10 fiber!

drlaykay:
Your fiber is wrong Fiber is removing the last zero and calling the sum like that. E.g- ten fibre is one hundred naira. 20 fibre is 200 naira. 1 fibre is 10naira

He's still right about the fiber.

Disneylady:
He's still right about the fiber.

Oh, now I see. Multiplier effect

dumo1:
Na confirm driver you be..

I tell you bro. Wetin persin never hear

i love lagos no place like lag

Gbera - Turnup

we wafferians know these slangs , we even have more sef

Twale (pronounced - Twa-Lay) - Hailings by the boys

My side - Conductor telling driver to turn towards his side of the road

Your side - Conductor telling driver to remain on the road

Oti yaa weree - Driver/conductor insulting an errant road user. It means you're going mad

Ma kpa iya eeee - Driver/conductor insulting an errant road user or passenger causing them trouble. It means I will kill your mother

Iya la ya eee - - Driver/conductor insulting an errant road user. It means your grand mother

AutoJoshNG:
Nigerians would always be peculiar people.Thats what makes the country fun and distracts us from all the wahala .

If you are coming to Nigeria or Lagos for the first time , this would be very helpful.

Here are some slangs we won’t stop saying anytime soon .



Go Slow
This is the way we say “traffic jam” in Naija . I dey inside go slow .

Drop
This has two meanings, it means hailing a taxi and riding in it alone to your destination. It also means alighting from a bus or taxi.

Fockanizer
Well, nothing much to say here, its Vulcanizer people .

Rewire
“Rewire” is actually an action , the person doing the rewiring should be called an electrician , not a rewire, my country pipo !.

Bomber
Its “bumper” folks , haha .

Men In Black
This refers to the police , the popo , the Nigerian Police Force .

Agbero
This word doesnt really mean something abusive , it can be translated as “Carrier of people /carrier of crowd” .But the madness of the agberos has made the word abusive.So it means conductors, tax collectors , infact any tout and their species .

Alaye
From my little understanding of Yoruba , alaye means “the living” “alive” “lively” ,but the way its used is similar to the way Americans call their friends “nigga” or “brah” or “bro” .

Gberaa
It means “move” or “move fast” or “drive” .

Figo
Danfo slang for 500 Naira .I am still confused how they coined this name .

Shandi/Muri
Danfo slang for 20 Naira . Muri-> Muritala Mohammed on the note

Waso/Wazo
Danfo slang for 50 Naira .Coined from two out of the three major ethnic group’s intepretation of “come” .

Wa= Yoruba

Zo=Hausa

Faiba/Fiber
Danfo slang for 10 Naira

Cut Your Hand
This one cracks me up every time .It means “turn the steering wheel” .


Was I spot on ? see any errors ? add yours .

by Donald3d

https://autojosh.com/15-funny-lagos-traffic-auto-slangs/

Timoleon:
no sir...that wazobia or waso for shorts. Figo LA 500

#50 is sometimes called "white"...

Askari,I don collect No now. I be No 9.

Burgerlomo:
Error spoted, alaaye means living

All of you are wrong with this.

Alaye means the owner of the world. "Eniti o ni aye". Also meaning the one in control and does what he likes.

How can you all miss 'Wole Wa'. It means to change lane to the conductors side

olatex25:
#50 is sometimes called "white"...

true shandy is green #20