red eye

Naija

Etymology

From: English red and eye

Pronunciation

• rɛ́d aì

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Noun

• When person dey take someting serious and laugh no dey deir face at all at all.

• Omo! people with red eye just full street dis December.  — (NSC_2021, Wow! People are really desperate in this month of December.)
• If you no wan see my red eye just drop di money wey you tif for my bag.  — (NSC_2021, If you don't want to see my ugly side just drop the money you stole from my bag.)

Related forms

• put eye, open eye, enter eye

Translations

• English: someone's other side, desperate