F Letter Words for Nigerian English
to Nigerian Translation

Nigerian

Word

Continuous Meaning

ENGLISH

NIGERIAN

 F.

 f.f.o

  For Food Only {refers to someone who loves food}

 fa

  it is a form of exclamation

 faaji

  the pleasure felt when having a good time

 faboo

  lie

 fabu

  an unimaginable or unbelievable lie

 face

  to leave or ignore

 face me I face you

  a {ghetto} house

 face; 2Face Idibia

  Music Legend, 2Face Idibia Turns 45 on September 18th, 2020

 factory

  building belonging to trading house Constructed by the large coastal traders such as John Holt. They have fallen into disuse so the term is essentially historical

 fada

  father

 fade

  run fast

 faf

  to laze about

 fail out

  to fail so badly that one has to withdraw from a programme of study After six years, all students must either pass out or fail out

 fairy

  a chicken hearted person or someone who behaves like a fool

 faithfuls

  church members {collective noun pluralized} May not be in general use.

 fall hands

  to act immature

 fall my hand

  disappoint me

 fall...down

  to make fall down; the rain will fall it down; the rain will knock down {the house}

 famz

  to act as if you are a friend to someone that doesn't know you esp, to a celebrity, for people to think that you are of the same calibre

 fan palm

  palm. Borassus aethiopium. Used for construction.

 fanciful

  fancy; I don't like to drive fanciful car

 fancy

  fashionable clothes; decoration

 fap

  to steal; see tap

 fara

  remote far, far bush remote bush area.

 Fare Well

  common written form of Farewell!

 farina

  dry food prepared from cassava {Portuguese}

 farm

  to hoe; to cultivate ; single field/ area of farmland of a particular crop; I have five farms I have five fields. Usually in the south of mixed crops harvested at particular times

 fashi

  get out; this means to forget or ignore

 fashie

  forget or ignore something or someone.

 fashion out

  to fashion; he was trying to fashion it out

 fathom

  two yards, a measure of cloth, canoe, farmland, etc. Also long fathom a measure of cloth.

 fatting house, fatting room, fattening room

  Institution of the Niger Delta peoples and those eastwards along the coast. Room to which unmarried girls are sent, to be 'fattened' to make them more eligible for marria

 faya

  fire; cooker or stove

 fear catch me

  I was afraid

 fear face

  respect

 fear face?

  don't you have respect

 fear fear

  normally used when discussing especially if someone makes a frightful statement, etc...

 Federal character

  practice of ensuring that the staff in an office or ministry come from different areas so that no one ethnic group is seen to be dominant

 feeding

  money for food when away what of my feeding? What money will; I get to buy food?

 feel

  to appreciate someone or something, to be in agreement with, to take pleasure in an event or situation {e.g. Two lovers on the phone... Hi sweetie, I miss you and I feel you!}

 felele

  not stable; can easily be swayed

 fence

  any wall, including brick and cement around

 fence

  to put any sort of wall, including brick and cement around.

 fetish

  also juju {Portuguese}

 fetish

  shrine, ritual object; It is my

 fff

  Fine From Far but Far From Fine {Ugly}

 fi si

  adding something extra

 fia-fia

  always afriad

 fight karat

  to fight using martial arts

 file

  to allow someone or something to be.

 fim

  a movie or film

 find my trouble

  annoying; getting on my nerves

 fine boi

  fresh facade; trendy

 finish

  to have run out What of orange? Orange has finished

 finish patapata

  completely

 fire

  talk aggressively

 fire

  a sarcastic way of saying indeed.

 fire electric

  electricity

 fit

  it is used to suggest the ability to do something.

 flash

  to call someone on the phone but letting the phone ring for a second before ending the call {one ring or less}; so, the person you are calling won't have time to pick the phone before you cut it; a way to tell the person to call you back. {e.g. why u dey always flash me, you no fit call? Which means... why do you always flash me why can't you call}

 flash; flashing

  to expose one's genitals in public; to gleam or glow intermittently, as in 'the lights were flashing' which is what literally happens when someone 'flashes' your phone; It also means to appear briefly, as in 'the headlines flashed on the screen'; When people 'flash' us, their caller IDs appear briefly on the screens of our phones. {Indian/Pakistan calls it 'one-ring' or 'squeal'}

 flendi

  Someone who is enjoying life or something.

 flenjo

  Way of life

 flex

  to enjoy

 flex body

  rest

 flog

  to beat someone with a cane as a form of corporal punishment

 flood

  season when river overflows into the bush {roughly August to October} Niger Delta region

 flower

  any cultivated flowering garden plant or shrub

 flower

  menstruation Archaic English origin, now Pidgin

 fly

  fly

 fly

  to move in the air, just the way birds fly or other objects that flies in the air or sky.

 fly wakka

  disappear

 flying-boat

  speedboat

 foam

  foam rubber mattress; I will go to the market to buy foam

 foka

  scatter or shatter; break into pieces; the four corners of the earth {therefore, East, West, North & South}

 follow

  to accompany; I will follow you to market; I'll go with you to the market 'to follow' in a sense is 'go after'

 follow

  to attend; I need money to follow that course

 follow

  to take a certain direction follow that road go that way

 follow behind

  to go after, follow Standard English

 follow follow

  is a degatory used to describe someone who follows or copies what other people do without reasoning.

 followership

  state of being a follower; If you have a good leader then followership is assured

 fone

  speaking in american or british accent

 fonne

  Slang; phonetic; usually of american or british style.

 food

  can be as Standard English, but most commonly applies to starchy staples let us go chop food; let us go and eat a full meal. I need food, not snacks. We have food but no soup.

 footing

  by foot we must go footing; into put water for this cup

 for dey

  from here; there; an intend to do something

 for were

  this means something IMPOSSIBLE or not probable

 for where

  sarcastic way to say Impossible; not a chance; see life

 forbid

  to put a taboo on All the members of our family forbid iguana

 foreign

  foreign places; They bring in sophisticated weapons from foreign

 form

  trying to be sometin you're not

 form vex

  to get annoyed or angry at a person or situation

 former

  someone who pretends to be what they are not Formers form. This means that wannabes pretend to be what they are not {e.g. My former girl friend called to wish me happy birthday!}

 forming

  showing off and/or pretending

 forp

  belonging to, by {can express parenthood} She has two children for him. Also Is this thing for you?

 foto

  photograph

 four eyes

  wear eye glasses

 four-forty

  a famous Nigerian soap Opera - The Masquerade, famed for making up humorous words and phrases. Which means... to run for your life or to run helter-skelter {e.g. If AK47 come eh, you go see how dis area-boyz go run four-forty. Don't be a fool at four-forty}

 fourleg

  a car

 fowl

  chicken

 fox

  jackal. in the Delta, genet

 frakpas

  tugging underwear in public; adjusting underwear entangled in between buttocks stylishly {in public}

 free girl

  prostitute; also free woman

 free life

  worthless life so-so free life he dey live

 free me

  let me be

 free me

  allow me; let me be.

 free speech

  speech made by guests at ceremony that is not on the programme

 free woman

  prostitute; also free girl

 fren

  friend

 fren fren

  favoritism; familiarity; see follow follow

 French suit

  man's two-piece suit buttoning up to the neck {1960s/1970s}

 frosh

  a person who is rich and has swag..big swag..

 frush

  a person who has money and style

 fuck

  sexual intercourse

 fuck

  to have sex; to dissappoint

 fuckonso

  to disappoint; to mess up a plan.

 fuel

  petrol {and usually not other fuels}; fuel shortages are common

 fufu

  pounded yam or cassava; also foofoo

 fugazzy

  someone or something fake, Imitation of a thing, wanna be, unreal

 Fulani

  usual Nigerian name for the FulBe people, cattle pastoralists found throughout West Africa {Hausa north}

 full ground

  plenty

 full ground remain

  doing well

 fune

  foreign accent

 funeral home

  funeral parlour

 fura

  balls of millet flour; balls of guinea-corn with spice, usually mixed with milk; Food eaten mainly in the north {Hausa}

 furnitures

  different types of furniture