The Oxford English Dictionary has been updated to include
some Nigerian words and expressions.
In the Oxford English Dictionary's January update, 29
Nigerian words were added and it was announced in a blog post on the
dictionary’s website.
In the post, the Oxford English Dictionary explained that
some of the words were borrowed while others are coinages
"The majority of these new additions are either
borrowings from Nigerian languages, or unique Nigerian coinages that have only
begun to be used in English in the second half of the twentieth century, mostly
in the 1970s and 1980s," the post added.
Below is a list of the Nigerian words added to the updated
Oxford English Dictionary:
Agric, adj. & n.
Barbing salon, n.
Buka, n.
Bukateria, n.
Chop, v./6
Chop-chop, n./2
Danfo, n.
To eat money, in eat, v.
Ember months, n.
Flag-off, n.
To flag off in flag, v.
Gist, n./3
Gist, v./2
Guber, adj.
Kannywood, n.
K-leg, n.
Mama put, n.
Next tomorrow, n. & adv.
Non-indigene, adj. & n.
Okada, n.
To put to bed, in put, v.
Qualitative, adj.
To rub minds (together) in rub, v./1
Sef, adv.
Send-forth, n.
Severally, adv.
Tokunbo, adj.
Zone, v.
Zoning, n.
