hardman

Naija

Etymology

From: English hard and man

Pronunciation

• hádmân

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Noun

1. Guy wey get strong mind.

   • You bin dey do hardman since morning o, but as you see your woman you begin do like bread wey dey put inside water.  — (You've been acting macho all morning but now that your girlfriend is here you have become a softie.)

2. Guy wey dey cult.

   • Eke don move all dat hardman wey brush dat old lecturer.  — (The police have arrested that cultist who beat the old lecturer.)
   • Make una free am o, na hardman o.  — (Please leave him alone; he is a dangerous man.)

Synonyms

• jaguda

Antonyms

• legbere, jew, jew man

Translations

• English: macho, cultist