bomaboy

Naija

Etymology

From: Name of place Burma and English boy (Dis na name wey come from di name wey dem give army people wey come back from Burma war)

Pronunciation

• bɔ́màbɔ́ì

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Noun

• Person wey rugged wey be jaguda.

• Im pikin don become bomaboy.  — (His/her child is nows a ruffian.)
• Children for Yaba garage ehn, na bomaboy plenty for deir midst.  — (Majority of the children found at Yaba motor park are thugs.)

Synonyms

• agbero

Translations

• English: thug, ruffian, miscreant