Difference between revisions of "oyibo"
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#Person wey yellow. | #Person wey yellow. | ||
#:* {{ux|dv| Fine girl, '''oyibo''' girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. |(NSC_2020, Pretty lady, fair lady, come, let me sell you a nice wig.)}} | #:* {{ux|dv| Fine girl, '''oyibo''' girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. |(NSC_2020, Pretty lady, fair lady, come, let me sell you a nice wig.)}} | ||
| − | #Language wey de dey call English | + | #Language wey de dey call English. |
#: {{ux|dv| No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty '''oyibo'''. |(NSC_2020, Don't pay any attention to that lady, instead of her to pay me, she is speaking a lot of English.)}} | #: {{ux|dv| No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty '''oyibo'''. |(NSC_2020, Don't pay any attention to that lady, instead of her to pay me, she is speaking a lot of English.)}} | ||
#Person wey be sey e be albino. | #Person wey be sey e be albino. | ||
Revision as of 06:51, 13 November 2022
Naija
Etymology
From: unknown
Pronunciation
Noun
- Person wey get white skin.
- Im mama believe sey when e behave like oyibo de go dey see am like eh a more superior person. — (D_ENU_05, His mother believed that when he behaves like a Caucasian they'll consider him as a superior person.)
- People just dey talk sey dat oyibo man resemble Jesus wey dey draw for picture. — (NSC_2020, People have been saying that the white man looks like the image of Jesus in the pictures.
- Person wey yellow.
- Fine girl, oyibo girl, come make I sell fine wig for you. — (NSC_2020, Pretty lady, fair lady, come, let me sell you a nice wig.)
- Language wey de dey call English.
- No mind dat woman o, instead make she pay me she dey speak plenty plenty oyibo. — (NSC_2020, Don't pay any attention to that lady, instead of her to pay me, she is speaking a lot of English.)
- Person wey be sey e be albino.
- Na oyibo she born o. — (NSC_2020, She gave birth to an albino.)
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Translation
English: Caucasian, albino, English