boyboy

Naija

Alternative forms

• boyiboyi

Etymology

From: English boy

Pronunciation

• bɔǐbɔǐ

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Noun

1. Person wey dey serve person.

   • Dem no dey carry dey reach oga like dat, you go first do boyboy.  — (You can't just become a boss, you have be a servant first.)
   • You don pass who suppose dey do boyboy for person for Lagos.  —  (You should have grown past the age where you are a servant to someone in Lagos.)

2. Person wey never get strong mind.

   • I no go fit follow una run di levels I be boyboy for di street.  —  (I can't do any of that with you all, I'm not as streetwise as you lot.)

Antonym

• oga

Translations

• English: a male servant, stooge, coward