(noun)
The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.
The situation of slipping, tripping or falling down due to external pressures. These might include tertiary academics, relationships, and being broke.
Example
Brother Bernard, this will kill me a real death.
“Aahn ei” is used in a sarcastic or satirical context. When a person passes a statement that in one’s opinion is unnecessary or unintelligent, one can reply with “aahn ei”.
Example
“I don’t like women who work hard and make their own money. A woman belongs in the kitchen.”
“Aahn ei.”
This is a common Nigerian greeting that means "How is everything?" or "How is it going?". It is a simple, informal greeting that’s best used with people you know well, or in casual settings.
Example
Hey man, How far?
An enclosure for livestock, or a rural village of huts surrounded by a stockade.
Example
Make sure the kraal is clean before the elders come back.
A quarter loaf of bread hollowed out and filled with combinations of atchar, polony (Bologna), Russian sausages, slap chips, cheese, eggs, chilli sauce and more. A street food / kasi variant of the more suburban bunny chow.
Example
I'm definitely getting myself a kota the next time I visit Gomora.
The incorrect way of spelling "could have".
Example
He could of been killed if it wasn't for me.
To ukusikiphiko is when you are in the front seat of a car and have your elbow outside of the window.
Example
Did you see him in his friend's car, ebesikiphiko and pretending not to see us.
Its more of a word of disbelief or a lie example when someone says something like"oh i'm sure she's a humble girl and doesn't do thing like other people her age" but you know that's not true it like you know something but instead you use the phase "welele" to like tell the other person that it's not true or it's a lie
Example
"Did you hear that she broke up with her boyfriend again" then someone says "welele" in disbelief
Example
Uncle Vinny's birthday party was massive.
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