bam
Naija
Etymology1
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Adjective
- Make someting dey alright.
- Dat shoe wey you wear dat last week, e bam. Where you see am buy? — (NSC_2021, That shoe you wore last week, it's nice. Where did you buy it from?)
- Di shirt bam. Anybody wey see am go know sey no be sherekambia. — (NSC_2021, The shirt is very nice. Anyone who sees it will know that it's not ordinary.)
Synonym
soft, make sense
Antonym
wowo
Translation
- English: good, nice, outstanding
Etymology2
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Verb
- Make person follow for wetin onekind group dey do.
- You no see am dey fly deir colour? De don bam am. — (NSC_2021, Didn't you see him wearing their colours? He has become a member.)
- You no need bam before you go be big boy. And wetin you want even use di big boy do sef? Na book de send you make you come read. Nothing concern you concern big boy. — (NSC_2021, You don't need to be initiated before you become popular. And what do you even need popularity for? You were sent here to study. You have no business with popularity.)
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