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| − | + | * Person wey be sey e dey sharp; e sabi as [[matter]] dey be. | |
| − | + | :* {{ux|dv| As '''guyman''' I like cloth so I con dey get fashion segment wey I dey do, base on sey me, I know sey I fit tell you sey but dat shoe wey you wear e no pure wit dat trouser.| (WAZK_11, As a streetwise person I like clot'hes, so I got a fashion segment to do, because I know that I can tell you that your shoe does not go well with your trouser.) }} | |
| + | :* {{ux|dv| You be '''guyman''' now. Why you dey do like sey you no know sey all di politicians dey use us do [[kalokalo]]? | (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, You are street smart, why are you acting like you don't know that all these politicians are just playing games with us.)}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| So, you you code dat ting wey happen? You be '''guyman''', to God! | (NSC_Emeka_2020, So, you understood what happened, you are street smart, I swear! )}} | ||
| + | :* {{ux|dv| Haba, you never hear sey a guyman can never guy a guyyoyo? | (NSC_Emeka_2020, Come on, haven't you heard that a street smart person can never cheat a street smart person?) }} | ||
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Revision as of 18:30, 1 August 2021
Naija
Alternative forms
Etymology
From: English guy and man
Pronunciation
- gàìmán
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 3
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 15509
Definition
Noun
- Person wey be sey e dey sharp; e sabi as matter dey be.
- As guyman I like cloth so I con dey get fashion segment wey I dey do, base on sey me, I know sey I fit tell you sey but dat shoe wey you wear e no pure wit dat trouser. — (WAZK_11, As a streetwise person I like clot'hes, so I got a fashion segment to do, because I know that I can tell you that your shoe does not go well with your trouser.)
- You be guyman now. Why you dey do like sey you no know sey all di politicians dey use us do kalokalo? — (NSC_Onwuegbuzia_2020, You are street smart, why are you acting like you don't know that all these politicians are just playing games with us.)
- So, you you code dat ting wey happen? You be guyman, to God! — (NSC_Emeka_2020, So, you understood what happened, you are street smart, I swear! )
- Haba, you never hear sey a guyman can never guy a guyyoyo? — (NSC_Emeka_2020, Come on, haven't you heard that a street smart person can never cheat a street smart person?)
Synonyms
Antonyms
Translations
- English: a street smart person