Wole Soyinka... Please update this words for us In the next edition.. Cos we are too used to this words I don't think we wanna change it...

Ń.B: "wanna" us not a correct English word

verb (flash:
(transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
''Susan flashed Jessica, and then Jessica called her back, because Susan didn't have enough credit on her phone to make the call.

Strong drink. Not hot drink.

borednhorny:
I was opportuned to meet the lady selling packers and other plastic items beside the canteen where the soup is always pepperish. She told me i would be the one to disvirgin her if i left my cunny ways behind. On my way to her place there was go slow and her incessant flashing on my phone made me hit the van in front of me when the driver did not trafficate before turning. I promised to pay for the repair of the van installmentally and i shifted my appointment with the lady to next tomorrow.

Another brain here... Wow.

[quote author=ngoremeka post=55673616]
Many people speak English as their first language. It is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
Nigerians are very good at a number of things and one of them is inventing their own version of English which has become popular overtime.
Some of the words and phrases we use often cannot be found in the dictionary. Some are words you picked up from others and they have become quite a norm.
It is not only the uneducated folks that are guilty of using these wrong words as the very educated Nigerians also use the English language inappropriately.
Below are words Nigerians use that don’t exist in the English dictionary.

2. Disvirgin: This word is used on a daily basis by many Nigerians when they intend to say a woman has lost her virginity. There is no word like disvirgin. The correct word to use is deflower. Disvirgin simply does not exist.
Number 2 is wrong, it does exist

Op n8ce write up, but i disagree with No.4 saying it has nothing to do with phone. Have you used a desktop phone before? There's actually a button with flash boldly written on it.

Op nice write up, but i disagree with No.4 saying it has nothing to do with phone. Have you used a desktop phone before? There's actually a button with flash boldly written on it.

make oyinbo add am to dictionary word

Op, look this is our own English, let them add it to the lexicon. Why condemning what we are used to. After all juju wasn't English before. So free us joor.

ngoremeka:

Many people speak English as their first language. It is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
Nigerians are very good at a number of things and one of them is inventing their own version of English which has become popular overtime.
Some of the words and phrases we use often cannot be found in the dictionary. Some are words you picked up from others and they have become quite a norm.
It is not only the uneducated folks that are guilty of using these wrong words as the very educated Nigerians also use the English language inappropriately.
Below are words Nigerians use that don’t exist in the English dictionary.
1. Go-slow: When Nigerians say go-slow, they mean congested traffic, which is wrong. The meaning of go-slow in the English dictionary is, a form of industrial action in which work or progress is deliberately delayed or slowed down.
2. Disvirgin: This word is used on a daily basis by many Nigerians when they intend to say a woman has lost her virginity. There is no word like disvirgin. The correct word to use is deflower. Disvirgin simply does not exist.
3. Trafficate: Nigerians use the word to describe a situation where a driver indicates to other drivers that he/she wants to take a turn. It is used so often, that it has started to sound like proper English.
4. Flashing: Every Nigerian knows “flashing” to mean when someone calls your mobile phone and cuts off before you answer. The word ‘flash’ is so common among Nigerians and its used at least once daily by many. Flash has different meanings but none has anything to do with a phone call. The word doesn’t exist in that sense in English.
5. Installmentally: Don’t be tempted to use the word ‘installmentally’. Though it sounds correct, it isn’t. There is no such word in the English dictionary as it exists only in the Nigerian edition of English language. The correct thing to say is ‘in installments’.
6. Opportuned: What exists in English dictionaries is ‘opportune,’ without ‘d’ at the end. Opportune means ‘timely’ or ‘well-time, especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event. Opportuned is only common in Nigerian English.
7. Cunny: This is a word which Nigerians use to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty. The right word is cunning not cunny.
8. Next tomorrow: Most Nigerians generally use “next tomorrow” but there is not such word as next tomorrow. Instead you should say, “a day after tomorrow."
9. Packer: Nigerians probably got the word from pack. The right word is dustpan. Since dustpan packs dirt, Nigerians like to call it packer.
10. Pepperish: It is common to hear Nigerians describe a meal that has too much pepper in it as pepperish. The proper word should be ‘peppery’. No native English speaker uses the word pepperish” to describe the burning sensation we feel from eating pepper.
Which of these words are you guilty of?
Not too late to learn something new,I learnt too.. you can add other mistakes below

thrickish

instead of tricky

"tout", another word used inappropriately in place of "hoodlum" or "thug"

We have American English, British English so therefore, we must have Nigerian English which must b accepted by all. Op I will flash ur phone later

Another poorly researched piece
Who told you there's no word like disvirgin?
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/disvirgin
Please do more research before posting

guy you no try at all

OP what is correct word for trafficate

No no no no no is not true. My own dictionary knows disvirgin n it sounds more f ..

8 'a day after tomorrow' in one word is 'overmorrow'

ngoremeka:

Many people speak English as their first language. It is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
Nigerians are very good at a number of things and one of them is inventing their own version of English which has become popular overtime.
Some of the words and phrases we use often cannot be found in the dictionary. Some are words you picked up from others and they have become quite a norm.
It is not only the uneducated folks that are guilty of using these wrong words as the very educated Nigerians also use the English language inappropriately.
Below are words Nigerians use that don’t exist in the English dictionary.
1. Go-slow: When Nigerians say go-slow, they mean congested traffic, which is wrong. The meaning of go-slow in the English dictionary is, a form of industrial action in which work or progress is deliberately delayed or slowed down.
2. Disvirgin: This word is used on a daily basis by many Nigerians when they intend to say a woman has lost her virginity. There is no word like disvirgin. The correct word to use is deflower. Disvirgin simply does not exist.
3. Trafficate: Nigerians use the word to describe a situation where a driver indicates to other drivers that he/she wants to take a turn. It is used so often, that it has started to sound like proper English.
4. Flashing: Every Nigerian knows “flashing” to mean when someone calls your mobile phone and cuts off before you answer. The word ‘flash’ is so common among Nigerians and its used at least once daily by many. Flash has different meanings but none has anything to do with a phone call. The word doesn’t exist in that sense in English.
5. Installmentally: Don’t be tempted to use the word ‘installmentally’. Though it sounds correct, it isn’t. There is no such word in the English dictionary as it exists only in the Nigerian edition of English language. The correct thing to say is ‘in installments’.
6. Opportuned: What exists in English dictionaries is ‘opportune,’ without ‘d’ at the end. Opportune means ‘timely’ or ‘well-time, especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event. Opportuned is only common in Nigerian English.
7. Cunny: This is a word which Nigerians use to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty. The right word is cunning not cunny.
8. Next tomorrow: Most Nigerians generally use “next tomorrow” but there is not such word as next tomorrow. Instead you should say, “a day after tomorrow."
9. Packer: Nigerians probably got the word from pack. The right word is dustpan. Since dustpan packs dirt, Nigerians like to call it packer.
10. Pepperish: It is common to hear Nigerians describe a meal that has too much pepper in it as pepperish. The proper word should be ‘peppery’. No native English speaker uses the word pepperish” to describe the burning sensation we feel from eating pepper.
Which of these words are you guilty of?
Not too late to learn something new,I learnt too.. you can add other mistakes below

Op, English is a language o and is copious.

borednhorny:
I was opportuned to meet the lady selling packers and other plastic items beside the canteen where the soup is always pepperish. She told me i would be the one to disvirgin her if i left my cunny ways behind. On my way to her place there was go slow and her incessant flashing on my phone made me hit the van in front of me when the driver did not trafficate before turning. I promised to pay for the repair of the van installmentally and i shifted my appointment with the lady to next tomorrow.

weyrey hahaha, you got me rotfl. So dope

English as a language has different versions from different nations where it is being spoken, and undergoes constant changes from generations to generations and from country to country.
And in that respect, those words should be seen as part of our own changes, contributions and version of English language to suit our day to day life.

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Flashing should be referred to as Beeping

nice write up but the word disvirgin exists.

NICE ONE

temmyo:


Why can't the 'blacks' have their own standard dictionary and add them there? Must you wake for the 'whites'to do everything?

Is this post a "white" or "black" thing now

Nice write up. But I think the world have to recognize Nigerian English and include these words in the dictionary. like they did to Americans and Australians.

ngoremeka:

Many people speak English as their first language. It is one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world.
Nigerians are very good at a number of things and one of them is inventing their own version of English which has become popular overtime.
Some of the words and phrases we use often cannot be found in the dictionary. Some are words you picked up from others and they have become quite a norm.
It is not only the uneducated folks that are guilty of using these wrong words as the very educated Nigerians also use the English language inappropriately.
Below are words Nigerians use that don’t exist in the English dictionary.
1. Go-slow: When Nigerians say go-slow, they mean congested traffic, which is wrong. The meaning of go-slow in the English dictionary is, a form of industrial action in which work or progress is deliberately delayed or slowed down.
2. Disvirgin: This word is used on a daily basis by many Nigerians when they intend to say a woman has lost her virginity. There is no word like disvirgin. The correct word to use is deflower. Disvirgin simply does not exist.
3. Trafficate: Nigerians use the word to describe a situation where a driver indicates to other drivers that he/she wants to take a turn. It is used so often, that it has started to sound like proper English.
4. Flashing: Every Nigerian knows “flashing” to mean when someone calls your mobile phone and cuts off before you answer. The word ‘flash’ is so common among Nigerians and its used at least once daily by many. Flash has different meanings but none has anything to do with a phone call. The word doesn’t exist in that sense in English.
5. Installmentally: Don’t be tempted to use the word ‘installmentally’. Though it sounds correct, it isn’t. There is no such word in the English dictionary as it exists only in the Nigerian edition of English language. The correct thing to say is ‘in installments’.
6. Opportuned: What exists in English dictionaries is ‘opportune,’ without ‘d’ at the end. Opportune means ‘timely’ or ‘well-time, especially convenient or appropriate for a particular action or event. Opportuned is only common in Nigerian English.
7. Cunny: This is a word which Nigerians use to describe someone that is being deceitful or crafty. The right word is cunning not cunny.
8. Next tomorrow: Most Nigerians generally use “next tomorrow” but there is not such word as next tomorrow. Instead you should say, “a day after tomorrow."
9. Packer: Nigerians probably got the word from pack. The right word is dustpan. Since dustpan packs dirt, Nigerians like to call it packer.
10. Pepperish: It is common to hear Nigerians describe a meal that has too much pepper in it as pepperish. The proper word should be ‘peppery’. No native English speaker uses the word pepperish” to describe the burning sensation we feel from eating pepper.
Which of these words are you guilty of?
Not too late to learn something new,I learnt too.. you can add other mistakes below

OP yhu did a nice job..buh it would have been better if yhu'd corrected us by telling us the right word we suppose to use in place of flashing, trafficate

Brownbarbie97:
Nice write up Op but you can do better.Arrange ur points properly and paragraph to make it appealing

Hello babe

borednhorny:
I was opportuned to meet the lady selling packers and other plastic items beside the canteen where the soup is always pepperish. She told me i would be the one to disvirgin her if i left my cunny ways behind. On my way to her place there was go slow and her incessant flashing on my phone made me hit the van in front of me when the driver did not trafficate before turning. I promised to pay for the repair of the van installmentally and i shifted my appointment with the lady to next tomorrow.

Genius!

Goldenheart:
I once told a white chick. I saw your flash....After the embarrasmet I learnt to say. Missed a call.

The right word is drop call.

Fountaincrest:

The right word is drop call.

I missed your call!

KEMENize over disvirgin