busybody
Naija
Etymology
From: English busy and body
Pronunciation
- bùsìbōdí
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 wit dat busybody woman oderwise everyting we talk go reach compound before we reach. — (NSC_Legbeti_2020. Let's not board the same bus with that gossip otherwise 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.)
Synonyms
Translation
- gossip