busybody

Naija

Alternative Form

bizibodi, busybodi

Etymology

From: English busy and body

Pronunciation

• bùsìbɔ̀dí

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Adjective

• Sey person dey waka about dey talk matter when no concern am.

• Di woman, na heavy busybody she be.  — (NSC_Legbeti_2020, The woman is a gossip.)
• Di Days dem wey people tink sey 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 disame moto dat wit dat busybody person 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 talked about before we even get home.)

Synonyms

• aproko

Translation

• gossip