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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
ENGLISH NIGERIAN |
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F. |
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f.f.o |
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For Food Only {refers to someone who loves food} |
fa |
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it is a form of exclamation |
faaji |
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the pleasure felt when having a good time |
faboo |
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lie |
fabu |
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an unimaginable or unbelievable lie |
face |
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to leave or ignore |
face me I face you |
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a {ghetto} house |
face; 2Face Idibia |
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factory |
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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 |
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father |
fade |
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run fast |
faf |
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to laze about |
fail out |
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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 |
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a chicken hearted person or someone who behaves like a fool |
faithfuls |
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church members {collective noun pluralized} May not be in general use. |
fall hands |
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to act immature |
fall my hand |
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disappoint me |
fall...down |
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to make fall down; the rain will fall it down; the rain will knock down {the house} |
famz |
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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 |
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palm. Borassus aethiopium. Used for construction. |
fanciful |
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fancy; I don't like to drive fanciful car |
fancy |
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fashionable clothes; decoration |
fap |
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to steal; see tap |
fara |
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remote far, far bush remote bush area. |
Fare Well |
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common written form of Farewell! |
farina |
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dry food prepared from cassava {Portuguese} |
farm |
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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 |
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get out; this means to forget or ignore |
fashie |
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forget or ignore something or someone. |
fashion out |
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to fashion; he was trying to fashion it out |
fathom |
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two yards, a measure of cloth, canoe, farmland, etc. Also long fathom a measure of cloth. |
fatting house, fatting room, fattening room |
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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 |
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fire; cooker or stove |
fear catch me |
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I was afraid |
fear face |
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respect |
fear face? |
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don't you have respect |
fear fear |
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normally used when discussing especially if someone makes a frightful statement, etc... |
Federal character |
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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 |
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money for food when away what of my feeding? What money will; I get to buy food? |
feel |
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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 |
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not stable; can easily be swayed |
fence |
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any wall, including brick and cement around |
fence |
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to put any sort of wall, including brick and cement around. |
fetish |
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also juju {Portuguese} |
fetish |
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shrine, ritual object; It is my |
fff |
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Fine From Far but Far From Fine {Ugly} |
fi si |
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adding something extra |
fia-fia |
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always afriad |
fight karat |
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to fight using martial arts |
file |
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to allow someone or something to be. |
fim |
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a movie or film |
find my trouble |
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annoying; getting on my nerves |
fine boi |
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fresh facade; trendy |
finish |
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to have run out What of orange? Orange has finished |
finish patapata |
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completely |
fire |
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talk aggressively |
fire |
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a sarcastic way of saying indeed. |
fire electric |
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electricity |
fit |
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it is used to suggest the ability to do something. |
flash |
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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 |
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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 |
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Someone who is enjoying life or something. |
flenjo |
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Way of life |
flex |
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to enjoy |
flex body |
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rest |
flog |
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to beat someone with a cane as a form of corporal punishment |
flood |
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season when river overflows into the bush {roughly August to October} Niger Delta region |
flower |
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any cultivated flowering garden plant or shrub |
flower |
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menstruation Archaic English origin, now Pidgin |
fly |
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fly |
fly |
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to move in the air, just the way birds fly or other objects that flies in the air or sky. |
fly wakka |
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disappear |
flying-boat |
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speedboat |
foam |
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foam rubber mattress; I will go to the market to buy foam |
foka |
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scatter or shatter; break into pieces; the four corners of the earth {therefore, East, West, North & South} |
follow |
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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 |
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to attend; I need money to follow that course |
follow |
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to take a certain direction follow that road go that way |
follow behind |
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to go after, follow Standard English |
follow follow |
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is a degatory used to describe someone who follows or copies what other people do without reasoning. |
followership |
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state of being a follower; If you have a good leader then followership is assured |
fone |
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speaking in american or british accent |
fonne |
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Slang; phonetic; usually of american or british style. |
food |
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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 |
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by foot we must go footing; into put water for this cup |
for dey |
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from here; there; an intend to do something |
for were |
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this means something IMPOSSIBLE or not probable |
for where |
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sarcastic way to say Impossible; not a chance; see life |
forbid |
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to put a taboo on All the members of our family forbid iguana |
foreign |
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foreign places; They bring in sophisticated weapons from foreign |
form |
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trying to be sometin you're not |
form vex |
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to get annoyed or angry at a person or situation |
former |
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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 |
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showing off and/or pretending |
forp |
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belonging to, by {can express parenthood} She has two children for him. Also Is this thing for you? |
foto |
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photograph |
four eyes |
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wear eye glasses |
four-forty |
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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 |
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a car |
fowl |
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chicken |
fox |
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jackal. in the Delta, genet |
frakpas |
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tugging underwear in public; adjusting underwear entangled in between buttocks stylishly {in public} |
free girl |
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prostitute; also free woman |
free life |
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worthless life so-so free life he dey live |
free me |
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let me be |
free me |
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allow me; let me be. |
free speech |
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speech made by guests at ceremony that is not on the programme |
free woman |
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prostitute; also free girl |
fren |
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friend |
fren fren |
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favoritism; familiarity; see follow follow |
French suit |
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man's two-piece suit buttoning up to the neck {1960s/1970s} |
frosh |
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a person who is rich and has swag..big swag.. |
frush |
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a person who has money and style |
fuck |
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sexual intercourse |
fuck |
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to have sex; to dissappoint |
fuckonso |
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to disappoint; to mess up a plan. |
fuel |
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petrol {and usually not other fuels}; fuel shortages are common |
fufu |
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pounded yam or cassava; also foofoo |
fugazzy |
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someone or something fake, Imitation of a thing, wanna be, unreal |
Fulani |
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usual Nigerian name for the FulBe people, cattle pastoralists found throughout West Africa {Hausa north} |
full ground |
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plenty |
full ground remain |
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doing well |
fune |
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foreign accent |
funeral home |
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funeral parlour |
fura |
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balls of millet flour; balls of guinea-corn with spice, usually mixed with milk; Food eaten mainly in the north {Hausa} |
furnitures |
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different types of furniture |
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