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7 Popular Words Nigerians Use Which You Won’t Find In The Dictionary

7 Popular Words Nigerians Use Which You Won’t Find In The Dictionary

By Tiffany1 in 2 Feb 2016 | 18:59
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[b]notavailable 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.[b]
2 Feb 2016 | 18:59
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lol made in Nigeria english
2 Feb 2016 | 19:03
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[b](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! SOURCE:http://kokofeed.com/2016/02/01/7-popular-words-nigerians-use-which-you-wont-find-in-the-dictionary/[/b]
2 Feb 2016 | 19:05
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okay...we gat you no more Nigerian's made English.
2 Feb 2016 | 19:09
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Lols Oyinbo na oyinbo.. Naija na naija..
2 Feb 2016 | 19:16
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let us speak our english jare
2 Feb 2016 | 19:21
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This one na made in Naija English
2 Feb 2016 | 20:23
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Hmmmmmmmm nawaoooo
2 Feb 2016 | 22:28
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lol, abeg leave us make we dey speak d one we sabi
3 Feb 2016 | 02:12
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Naija wil always twist it around
3 Feb 2016 | 02:27
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Okay thanks! :) @imperialsluv which one be na wa oo ?
3 Feb 2016 | 02:38
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Lol....... i gat it
3 Feb 2016 | 02:49
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Ah @invincible nawaooo na bcoz of naija english na im I dey shout abt.
3 Feb 2016 | 02:55
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[color =maroon]Am guilty of most, av learnt now[/color]
3 Feb 2016 | 05:14
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noted...........
3 Feb 2016 | 05:26
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Na naija english i sabi speak so abeg leave me make i dey yarn my rubbish dey go
3 Feb 2016 | 06:51
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Very funny but noted...mostly d touchscreen
3 Feb 2016 | 06:59
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Very funny but noted...mostly d touchscreen and dizflowered.
3 Feb 2016 | 07:00
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Na nija made English Swt pass
3 Feb 2016 | 07:31
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Alright o. Noted
3 Feb 2016 | 07:34
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ok we see
3 Feb 2016 | 07:39
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okay thanks
3 Feb 2016 | 08:06
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Thumps up @tiffany1 always feeling you
3 Feb 2016 | 09:39
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I knw if some one is trying to correct them now, they will accept not #tks 4 correction jare mr.dictionary
3 Feb 2016 | 10:05
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noted..
3 Feb 2016 | 10:42
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Lol..great one..
3 Feb 2016 | 11:52
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Noted....buh i pray i dont fumble
3 Feb 2016 | 12:53
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hmmmm
3 Feb 2016 | 13:08
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pls sis @Tiffany1 dat number 3 aw is it supposed to be used in a sentence
3 Feb 2016 | 13:57
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Nawaoooo
3 Feb 2016 | 14:33
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Made in Nigeria
3 Feb 2016 | 14:47
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Our own na our own oooo.
3 Feb 2016 | 15:54
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lol
3 Feb 2016 | 16:39
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Hmmmm okkk I go note am
3 Feb 2016 | 18:01
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Owkay
3 Feb 2016 | 18:58
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Hmm
4 Feb 2016 | 05:57
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fantastic, fantabulous, congrajubilations as per @mray .. oppa, unni as per @adeshewa .. auntlaw as per my daughter @victoriouschild et @tenniebenson
5 Feb 2016 | 04:44
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Dad @ele1 when the 18th edition of dictionary come out you go see Auntlaw for there
5 Feb 2016 | 05:29
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Lolz
5 Feb 2016 | 07:50
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interesting
5 Feb 2016 | 09:21
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Oyinbo sef no hear yoruba jae....
6 Feb 2016 | 15:17
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[b][color=blue] naso naija be ooo [/color][/b]
7 Feb 2016 | 05:57
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Okay
25 Apr 2016 | 23:14
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All this English go dey 20 edition Dictionary
25 Apr 2016 | 23:15
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