This is a home of uniformity.
In Nigeria, one catchy word comes out and the whole nation begins to sound like a broken record.
We’ve featured a few Nigerian slangs in our first NAIJA GOOD Series, you can read about it again. It’s go big or go home with the 50 NIGERIAN SLANGS that we carefully searched for that has echoed all over history.
In today’s article, we will be listing out a few more Nigerian made slangs that often becomes a source of cruise in the nation. What we should know is that, these slangs have their significant meanings. There were either said my a popular figure, meant to be a call to action or used to describe a particular situation. Eg; “Soro Soke”.
The “Soro Soke” slang came to be in the year 2022 during the nationwide #EndSARS Protest, which was a match against police brutality in Nigeria. The slang meant that victims and citizens should speak up against the injustices all around them. This slang gave a significant shape to the purpose of the protest and eventually became the greater benefit and lesson gained from the protest.
Many more slangs are used in day-to-day activities, they are used for cruise and often as a medium of lingua franca. The top 2022-2024 slangs are:
- Dem go whine you, but no panic.
2. Dey play.
3. No gree for anybody.
4. We listen, we don’t judge.
5. No be you go tell me wetin I go do.
6. O lo far.
7. Who please???? My Baby!!!
8. God when.
9. God abeg.
10. No loose guard.
11. Sharp!
12. Your mind go dey.
13. Dem dey carry me go where I no know.
14. Relax oo
15. Mood.
These slangs are so relatable. We can boldly and proudly say that they have been used by every Nigerian on earth, even you reading this article with.
Only Nigerians can relate!
Fill up the comment sections with any more slangs you have used lately. Don’t forget to tell us what each of these slangs means to you.
