Category: General


Jare

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An emphatic filler adding urgency or emphasis, like "please" or "just". From Yoruba.
Example

Come here jare!

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Kolo

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Crazy or mentally unstable.
Example

This heat go make person kolo.

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Yarn

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To talk, chat, or tell a story; sometimes to lie.
Example

Stop to yarn dust, talk true.

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Quickly; immediately; smart or streetwise.
Example

Do am sharp sharp before he come.

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Gbedu

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Music, especially a hard-hitting danceable beat.
Example

Turn up the gbedu, make we dance.

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Hammer

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To become suddenly rich or hit a big financial break.
Example

Since he hammer, he don change car.

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Belle

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Stomach or belly; also pregnancy.
Example

Hunger dey tear my belle.

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No wahala

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No problem; all good.
Example

You wan come? No wahala.

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Nawa

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An exclamation of surprise, dismay, or wonder.
Example

Nawa o! This traffic no dey finish.

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Menshun

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Are you crazy? Questioning someone's sanity. Short for "mental".
Example

You dey ment? Why you go do that?

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