busybody

Naija

Etymology

From: English busy and body

Pronunciation

• bùsìbōdí

Play Play

Adjective

• Na when person dey go about dey talk matter when no concern am.

• Di woman na heavy busybody she be.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. The woman is a gossip.)
• Days when people tink say na only women be busybody don pass. plenty men dey now wey even sabi am pass women.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. The days when women alone were thought to be gossips are over. Now, some men are worse gossips.)
• Make we no enter desame moto dat busybody woman enter oderwise everyting we talk go reach compound before we reach.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. Let's not board the same bus with that gossip or she would go about spreading all we talk about before we even get home.)

• Na when person just dey waste time dey do wetin no get gain.

• Na busybody dey worry dat new corper.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. The new corp member is a gossip.)
• Di day I find say de woman I wan marry na busybody, de marriage plan go end.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. The day I find my fiancėė is a gossip, I break off.)