Nigerian English

chop-chop

• bribery and corruption

• quickly

• to cut someting

to rub minds together

• to scratch each others' head

• to consider a matter jointly

• to irritate someone

mama put

• being annoyed with one's mother

• a street vendor

• acting like a parent

K-leg

• a person good at performing the musical style of K-Pop

• the leading leg

• a condition in which person's knees are turned inwards

to eat money

• to acquire money dishonestly

• to spend money dishonestly

• to spend money irresponsibly

danfo

• a factory in Lagos

• a dumpling made from rice and flour

• a yellow minibus

bukateria

• a type of bacteria

• a gaming software

• a roadside restaurant

tokunbo

• an imported second-hand product

• a type of exotic bird

• a symbolic gesture

ember months

• the autumn months

• the final months of the calendar

• the first months of the calendar

send-forth

• the act of sending money to someone

• giving a high-five

• a celebration to mark a person's departure