Naija Lingo!

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aba made
Aba made denotes anything fake from watches, shoes, sunglasses or clothes
Example:
I no dey wear aba made shoes = I don't wear fake shoes

abeg
Please
Example:
Abeg come wash my car

abeg fly
Leave my face immediately.
Example:
I want you out of here immediately.

abi
is it not? isn't it?
Example:
1. Abi na my food you wan chop? Den you go clean my domot first!
2. Na television you wanbuy. Abi?

abi na wetin
What is it?
Example:
Leave me make I chop. Abi na wetin

abj
Abbreviation for Abuja, the capital city of nigeria
Example:
I be abj boy = I'm from abuja

abk
Is a Slang for the city of Abeokuta in Ogun State Nigeria
Example:
Where u Dey? I Dey for ABK O!!

aboki
Been foolish or in the dark about things
Example:
Nobody be aboki for area again o

abu
Amadu Bello Univeristy
Example:
You dey go ABU?

acada
1. An intellectual
2. talking in an intelligent way.
3. A university student
4. A bookworm
Example:
Allow the acada en think e be professor

acata, akata
Word for African American. It can also be used to describe Africans who have lived in America so long that
they have adopted the Afroamerican Culture
Example:
1. Man you don see that acata?
2. Man Joseph pikin don become akata since that time wey dey go America

achaba
Motorcycle for public transport, usually spokenin northern Nigeria.
See also: machine
Example:
If you wan reach there quick quick no enter cab, climb achaba.

acting big man

One who exercise power in the absence of the boss
Example:
Oga don travel na u be the acting big man now = boss has gone, you are the current boss now

adro
Asylum, money paid to Asylum seekers
Example:
John dey chop adro for notin less dan seven years now.

afta
After, or Later
Example:
I dey go library afta

agaracha
A woman of easy virtue
Example:
You be confirmed agaracha = you are a woman of easy virtue

agbada
Large traditional garment usually worn by men over a shirt.
Example:
Abeg bring daddy's agbada

agbaya
A bad elderly person
Example:
An elder who beats younger ones

agbero
Labourer who carries heavy goods for a fee.
Example:
See that Agbero

agege bread
Popular low class bread baked in Lagos common among laborers
Example:
Agege bread na poor man's bread = agege bread is meant for the poor.

agharacha
Woman of easy virtue
Example:
Omo see that agharacha, she think sai she fit carry ma moni go.

agro
Feeling Horny
Example:
Man e be like sey agro dey catch James oh

aircon
Airconditioner
Example:
Abeg turn on that aircon

airforce 1
Flying Witch
Example:
E girlfriend mama na airforce 1

ajayi
An overachiever or someone that works excessively to impress the authority
Example:
Jide, why you always like to do ajayi?

Ajebo, ajebutter
Someone who is was born with a silver spoon in their mouth or who is poilt and has not experienced the
harshness of life
Example:
1. Amarachi na ajebo, you no see as she chop eba
2. If you go Loyola Jesuit na only ajebutter full thatschool

ajepako
The opposite of ajebota. see ajebota
Example:
Ajepako turn ajebota = somebody who learnt living the hard way all of a sudden started acting like he/she
never gone that way before.

ak
The Police, Policeman
Example:
Oh boy, no be small thing oh! as AK just show all men bail

akamu
Pap made from corn
Example:
Man that akamu look sweet

akanchan
Stingy person.
Example:
Kunle na real Akanchan

akara
Fried cake made out of mashed black eyed peas.
Example:
I want chop akara:

akimbo
Posture with legs or arms outward/apart or with hands resting on hips
Example:
"am talking to you, and you just dey there, standing akimbo!..."

akpu
Flour made out cassava and further processed into a mash potato like meal. Mostly eaten by the igbos
Example:
Akpu smell no good = akpu smells real bad

alan pozzer
This is a poser
Example:
1. Yinka na just Alan pozzer

alarm
Hunger
Example:
My guy, alarm dey fire me hia = my man, i'm starving right now

all night
Night vigil
Example:
we dey go all night today = we'll be going to a night vigil today

am
Replaces him or her in a sentence
Example:
I don tell am to go sleep = i've told him/her to go to bed

amebo
1. Gossip
2. Name of a character in a Nigerian soap opera (The village headmaster), with a penchant for gossiping.
Example:
1. Chioma na Amebo

amodu
One who does work effectively but without charisma and loses all gratitude as the consequence
Example:
1. Babe this your food sweet sha but u na amodu; abeg no near my kitchen again.

and co
People wearing the same costumes. It may be twins, group of people or couples
Example:
Make we do and co tomorrow go church = lets wear similar costumes tomorrow to the church

ankle
Sexual activity involved in by a male and a female. Its actually the latest pidgin word for FUCK (or sex)
Example:
Guy, i just dey ankle finish and i don tire.

anoda
Another

ansa
Answer
Example:
1. For dat exam you get de ansa?

anumanu
Animal
Example:
Anumanu like you! (Animal like you. That is, you are an animal) Anumanu looking heifer!

anuofia
Wild animal
Example:
May your road be rough. Anuofia!!! God punish you. Anuofia!!

anywhere belle face

This is used to describe someone who is playing football and kicks the ball in random directions without
thinking.
Example:
Portsmouth no sabi play ball, dem dey dey do anywhere belle face.

apkroko
Gossip, see: Amebo
Example:
1. Chris na apkroko

aproko
Someone who pokes his/her nose into otherpeople\'s affairs.
Example:
Aproko, mind your business.

arangee, arranged
Same as word arranged
Example:

you sister don do arrangee marriage = yoursister has gone into a contract marriage or an arranged marriage.

area boy
Local tough. Very rough and uncivilized person.
Example:
1. Man I dey fear all those area boys for alabmarket

area boys
Hooligans , toughs that do nothing but loitering around the neighborhood and basically make their living
off the streets
Example:
Area boys dey fight = hooligans are fighting

aristo
Suga daddy, a man dating a girl who is young enough to be his daughter
Example:
Too many girls wey dey 4 dat unilag dey flex aristo

arrange yua sef

1. Make your own arrangements.
2. Everyman to himself.
Example:
1. Oga e be like say you go arrange yua sef
2. Man this one na arrange yua sef

arro
Stupid person
Example:
U be another arro, just like ur friend

arrow
A very daft and stupid person
Example:
look at this arrow

as in
Expression used to ask for clarification; literally, Meaning what? Can also be used in a sarcastic way to
illustrate how unfeasible arequest is.
Example:
1. A: Ol boy that one no fit happen. B: As in wetin now?
2. Her shakara too much and me sef I no get time.

ashana
A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money
Example:
Why too like Ashana like dis ?

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b-side
Referred to as Benin City
Example:

I dey go B-Side

baba
Father
Example:
1. I dey go see baba

baboon
1. derogatory term, foolish person
2. The animal baboon
Example
You know say Chioma na baboon

backyard
see also Ikebe, Bakasi
Example:
Omo you gather backyard = You've got ass

bad mouth
Speak maliciously about someone.
Example:
Make una stop to dey bad mouth me abeg = You people should stop speaking ill about me.

bad-belle
Malice, Player hater
Example:
Rufus na bad-belle

bado
1. A bad person.
2. Being good in what you do (depends on the context)
Example:
That na heavy bado = that guy is a badman.
Nna see as Kanu take score the first goal, men Kanu na real bado, = Check out how Kanu scored the first
goal, he is really good.

baff
Bath, The process of cleaning ones self. Couldbe a shower or bath
Example:
Abeg go baff, You dey smell

baff up
Dress up, especially in flashy clothes.
Example:
Goonz, make we baff up and then jam that club.

baffs
clothes
Example:
I just want wear my baffs wait i dey come

bakasi, bakassi
Booty, see also Ikebe, Backyard
Example:
Yoruba girls no get bakasi = Yoruba girls have little or no ass
See that that babe bakassi.

bala
To have sexual intercourse
Example:
I bala dat chick last week.

bam
Something that is good
Example:
Dat cloth is bam

bang
To have sex
Example:
Bola don bang Bisi = Bola has had sex with Bisi

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caban
House. A place where one lives.
Example:
Omo where you caban dey? = Man where's your house located at?

cabu-cabu, kabu-kabu
An unregistered taxi cab operating illegally. Not painted in official taxi colours. Usually, drivers using cars
for cabu cabu, upon discovery on the road are pulled out of their windows by police, or risk being flogged
Example:
Your driver Friday dey use una car for cabu cabu when im drop of una pikin for school, on the way back, im
go dey pick up passenjas.

caff
Short form for cafeteria. Usually the kind found on secondary school and university campuses
Example:
B-thugs, you dey go caff? abeg, bring me maltex and puff puff when you dey come back.

cak
To wear clothes, usually to dress up for an occasion or function
Example:
Yusuf dey cak that his blue shirt for my party

carbon copy
Look alike or replica
Example:
You be the exact carbon copy of your mama = you are the exact replica of your mum

carry
Word used to define how powerful a generator is in terms powering appliances.

Example:
Men, that agberos generator is fake. It no fit carry ordinary small fridge.

carry and go
A chant sang to a person caught stealing
Example:
'thief, ole, carry and go!'

carry go
1. Go ahead.
2. Help your self.
Example:
Oh boy if you like that shoe make you carry go, I no need am again = You can have that shoe if you like it, I don't
wear it anymore.

carton
Cardboard box of any form
Example:
Abeg bring that carton, I won pack this television

casala
1.Trouble.
2.Problem.
Example:
1. Men! Casala dey oh... = there is trouble.
2. Which kind casala be this ? = what kind of problem is this?

cd plate
compact disc
Example:
How much you dey sell this jackie chan cdplate ?

cha-cha
Not at all. Used for emphasis of a negative statement. (Frequently used amongst Igbo speakers)
Example:
1. Dat guy neva come hia today, cha-cha.

chaf
Smoking
Example:
Jide don spoil finish, now he like to dey chaf

chai!
Usually exclamation, used to express grief,
surprise, disappointment and anger, e.t.c see also choi
Example:
Chai! Dem don chop our money oooo...

chairman
Term used to describe a guy.
Example:
Chairman, are you in London yet?

chance
Cheating someone.
Example:
Please arrange yourself to the back of the queue and stop trying to chance me.

chappy
A beautiful girl
Example:
Omo you see that chappy for john crib

chasis
Awesome, very nice
Example:
Chris dat man house chasis oh

chey
Exclamation or sign of sympathy. Usually for something bad.
Example:
1. Chey, I wish sey I fit chop suya now.

chickala
A beautiful, sexy girl
Example:
Omo, guy see this chickala

chickito
Young pretty looking lady
Example:
See that chickito means look at that pretty young lady

chika
A girl or babe
Example:
Omo that chika fine no be small

chillax
Example:
1. Chill out 2. Relax
Who dey pursue you, chillax for dere.

chin
To chin (verb) To ignore another person, especially on purpose.
Example:
1. I was trying to greet Vanessa, but the babe just chinned me!

chinco, chinko
Word used to describe chineese people or people of the asian race
Example:
1. Man you see that chinko boy
2. I dey go visit dat chinko teacher
3. See this chinco man dey sell pirated cd = look at this chinese man selling pirated cd

chinco-land
China
Example:
I dey go chinco-land next week = i am going to china next week

chingum
chewing gum.
Example:
See how e dey chop chingum like cow...

chop
To eat
Example:
Abeg come make we chop hunga dey catch me

chop i chop
Mutual corruption
Example:
Na chop i chop we dey for naija = in nigeria if you steal then i have to do the same. Like this, no one tells on
the other. This is common with people working at government offices.

chop knuckle
Fist bump, a kind of greeting similar to high five.
Example:
Omo boy chop knuckle = Lets fist bump

chop up
To increase in wealth, status or body size. move up
Example:
I saw chinedu for him new beamer, the guy don chop up.

chop wowo lick plate

Used to describe someone who is very ugly. it's a pidgin equivalent of "hit by the ugly stick"
Example:
that girl chop wowo lick plate

chop-beans
To be pregnant
Example:
1. Emeka sister don chop-beans oh. 2. If dat girl no take time dey way she dey make yanga, shego chopbeans one day

chuk
To have sex. To stab someone
Example:
Omo u chuk that lekpa so tey, she gain wieght by force.

chuku-chuku
Spikes or sharp object
Example:
1. Plenti chuku-chuku dey this field oh

chukuli
To cheat. Carrying exam answers into the exam. Pieces of paper containing answers smuggledinto an exam
venue to aid in cheating.
Example:
1. No mind dem, na chukuli ni dey use take pass.
2. Omoge plant chukuli for evri corner becos of the test.

chyke
To woo someone of the opposite sex
Example:
Obi dey chyke me

clap for yourself

1.Be proud of yourself
2.Well done

cocoye
Someone from central or south america; a hispanic or latino person; a chicano or mestizo

code
To lie (lying)
Example:
Because you no won make i follow you go, you con they code me.

colo
to loose ones mind, become crazy
Example:
Lovina don colo! The girl talk say she wan startto dey sell akamu and akara as soon as mondaynack.

come chop
Come dine or eat
Example:
Come chop with me = come dine or eat with me

comot
to leave a place (come out)
Example:
bros you no go comot for there before dem ring bottle for your head?

comot for road

1. Make way 2. Get away!
Example:
O boi comot for road, presido dey pass

compound
Land surrounding a fenced house/houses
Example:
Jide fada get money. Their compound big wellwell

confirmed
Something or someone with a good reputation. see also correct
Example:

1. Make una no laugh at oga o, na confirmed guy

2. Mama Ibeji's bukka na confimed place.

confra
Campus fraternity
Example:
dat boy na confra means that boy belongs to afraternity in the campus

conji
Horny.
Example:
this guy would die of conji

control
to speak to someone
Example:
Gimme the phone, make i control bola for phone

coolu temper
1. Control your temper! 2. Title of song by nigerian saxophonist Lagbaja.
Example:
Oga, make you coolu temper. I go hurry bring your egusi now now.

copper
Graduate fresh out of the university and servingin a cooperation temporary.
Example:
See that copper na my colleague him be

copy copy
1. unoriginal person 2. see follow follow
Example:
1. Why you just dey copy copy

correct
A way of expressing something is good
Example:
Clement come visit me yesterday. His BMW iscorrect.

cortex
Nail polish
Example:
i want buy cortex means i want to buy nailpolish

counta
bottle cap
Example:
1. I like to collect the different counta from different soft drinks

counter blast
To respond or to counter attack
Example:
When Bisi started abusing my mother I had tocounter blast

cover slap
hard slap using the whole of your palm andfingers
Example:
1. If I cover slap you, you no go see road.

cra-fish
Local way of pronouncing crayfish.
Example:
no put crafish for the soup

crase
1. Crazy, mentally unbalanced, 2. acting out of the norm
Example:
1. bros e be like sey u don dey crase ni!!, 2. nomind am, na crase dey worry am....

crash
to sleep
Example:
I wan go crash, i don tire

craw-craw
Skin disorder that causes itchy rashes
Example:
You get craw-craw for body means you have skindisorder

craze
Crazy, Having or showing a very abnormal or sick stateof mind
Example:
craze people no dey tire to waka = crazypeople are never tired of walking

cream boy
A guy who is a show-off. Somebody who likes toshow off clothes, money, etc.
Example:
Afoke dey dress like cream boy o! See the kind jacket bobo dey rock.

cruz
Use excessively
Example:
I cruz my papa car today = i used my dad's car today

cry-cry
somebody who cries too much, or easily. Usually a baby. This is used sometimes to tease babies in hope that
the babies will stop crying, and most times the babies even cry louder.
Example:
that una baby na cry-cry. I just commot from dommot because i for slap am.

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dabaru
To Spoil
Example:
1. Dis girl just dey dabaru my soup

dada
Dreadlocks
Example:
Dem born me with dada = I was born with dreadlocks

dagbo
Fake. Something that has been forged, falsified or done in an inappropriate way and manners.
Example:
Dat boy waec result na dagbo. Ateke don get dagbo visa to yankee.

danfo
Used to describe an ugly bus, most of which are VW Combi buses or really old school buses that have gone
through a lot -accidents, panelbeating, rusting, and more accidents.
Example:
1. Shebi you be danfo driver?
2. oga conductor, this danfo na serious one o!

danfo driver
Bus driver
Example:
1. If you marry danfo driver I no care

dash
To give a gift or bride
Example:
1. My fada just dash me one wowo short knocker

dat
That
Example:
Dat boy na buisnessman

dat one na grammar

Phrase of dismissal to show that something is not practical or too complex, or maybe just impossible.
Example:
dat one na grammar, you no fit fix the gen

delete
To die or get killed
Example:
Papa don delete

dem
Them
Example:
I just dey tell dem say wahala go bust if person mess.

dem say dem say

Hearsay , gossipers or rumor mongers
Example:
dem say dem say which one we go believe

denge
This word means to show off
Example:
1. why you just dey denge?

dey
1. to be, or to be alive
2. in the process of doing something
Example:
1. I dey 2. Where una dey go?

dey go
keep going
Example:
Abi you won report? Just dey go.

dia
Their
Example:
Dia shirt is blue
die
Helping
Definition
Relieve Poverty
so much, too much
Though The
Example
Provision of
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die it
Definition
forget the matter or bone the talk
Example

guy about the matter of the money,just die

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dis
Definition
This
Example
1. Dis guy dey disturb me
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Definition
hurry up
Example
abeg do quick, i wan comot foi here
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dodo
Definition
fried plantain (ripe plantain only)
Example
i dey go chop beans and dodo for mamaput
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doke.
Definition
To have sex with.
Example
Efe doke crase commot from kate head.
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dommot
Definition
house, abode
Example
Oga Williams, please no dey beat junior forchurch. After service, when you don reachdommot, you fit beat
am well well.
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don
Definition

past tense. to have completed something

Example
I don go since.
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Definition
1.to get drunk 2. dirty
Example
Omo i dorti last nite sotay i no fit waka
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dox
Definition
to have sexual intercourse. Usually of the mindblowing way or to someone surprise
Example
I hear say Phil dox that orobo girl last night!!!
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dress
Definition
to move aside, make room
Example
Abeg Nneka dress make i sidon
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driver
Definition
some who is hired to drive a person/familyaround, chauffeur
Example
Tell your driver to go to chinyere's house to pick
my wrapper
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dry
Definition

Means not funny or not inseresting

Example
Dis song is dry, What kind dry joke be dat
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Definition
To copy
Example
I dub john papers word for word mean i copiedjohn's paper word for word
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dudu
Definition
black
Example
all this dudu for here dey bubble