mess

Naija

Etymology

From: English mess

Pronunciation

• mɛ́s

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Noun

• Gas wey dey comot for person yansh.

• Mess dey hungry am to mess.  — (He wants to fart.)
• Mess wey no dey make sound na im dey smell pass.  — (The noiseless farts smells foulest.)

Translations

• English: fart

Verb

1. Make person comot gas from person yansh

   • I wan mess.  — (I'm going to fart.)
   • Doctor say baba need mess after di surgery.  — (The doctor said papa must pass gas after the surgery.)

2. Make person dey misbehave.

   • Dose guys don mess for church o.  — (JOS_24_Football_M__43, Those guys stirred trouble at church.)
   • I send dat bae tfare o, and she still mess up, she no con show at all.  — (I sent her transportation fare and she eventually disappointed me by not showing up.)

Related forms

• mess up, mess up, messy messy

Synonyms

• fuck up,fall hand

Translations

• English: fart, misbehave