Difference between revisions of "area boy"

Latest revision as of 11:49, 14 February 2024

From: English area and boy

Person wey de sabi put fear for person mind make e fit obtain or collect anyting e want by force

E be area boy. — (He is a tout.)
Dem tell me sey dat area boy just dey form hardman e no get mind like dat. — (NSC_2020, They've told me that that the tout is just pretending to tough, he is not as tough as he appears)

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 ==Naija==
-===Alternative forms===
-*
 ===Etymology===
 From: English ''area'' and ''boy''
-===Usage===
-Warri (Southern part of Nigeria)
 ===Pronunciation===
-* érjà bɔ̀ì
+*éríjâ bɔ́ì
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-area boy.f.ogg</sm2>
 <sm2>Pcm-ng-area boy.m.ogg</sm2>
-===Frequency===
-* Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
-* Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
-* Frequency in raw corpus: 0
-* Frequency rank in raw corpus: inf
-No documented examples in our corpora.
-===Noun (compound)===
-area boy: a tout -- Definition in Naija?
-# Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
-#: {{ux|dv|E be '''area boy'''. |(He is a tout.)}}
-====Derived forms====
+===Noun===
+*Person wey de sabi put fear for person mind make e fit [[obtain]] or [[collect]] anyting e want by force
+:*{{ux|dv|E be '''area boy'''. |(He is a tout.)}}
+:* {{ux|dv| Dem tell me sey dat '''area boy''' just dey form [[hardman]] e no get mind like dat. | (NSC_2020, They've told me that that the tout is just pretending to  tough, he is not as tough as he appears)}}
+====Related forms====
+[[area]], [[area people]]
-====Synonyms====
+====synonyms====
-*
+[[agbero]]
-====Antonyms====
-*
 ====Translations====
-* English: a tout
+* English: ''a tout''