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Nigerian Word |
Continuous Meaning |
ENGLISH NIGERIAN |
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v |
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Volkswagen; Vector; viper; volts |
vamoosh |
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make hasty retreat or dissapear |
vampire |
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nocturnal bird which enters and makes a noise inside roof of buildings; hence, a bird believed to be housing the spirit of a witch When shot down, it is not to be touched but burnt to ashes, after which the witch is believed to die within a few days |
V-boot |
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fashionable type of Mercedes Benz {preceding roundlight?} |
VCD plate |
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video-disc |
veks |
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to vex, get angry |
venue |
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location of a party |
very |
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actual he is the very boy he's the actual person arch. Standard English |
vex |
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a word used in a conversation or rather upsetting, angry dispute during an argument between people. The word vexes expresses anger in a very direct/harsh way {e.g. make you no vex me!!!} |
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vex |
to get annoyed Mastah, no {go} vex! Boss, don't get annoyed Pidgin |
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vex comot |
storm off in anger |
vexation |
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someone getting annoyed |
Vice |
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Vice-President; He was to be the Vice of Abiola |
vila |
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one's village |
village person |
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someone who hail from a village, or is unsophisticated and local |
virgina |
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common spelling of vagina; presumably by confusion with virgin |
vulcanise |
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to repair a puncture go and vulcanise the tyre archaic in Standard English but not in West Africa |
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vulcaniser |
one who repairs tyres archaic Standard English |
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