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The Double-Tongued Dictionary (formerly Double-Tongued Word Wrester) was originally a web lexicon of new words and fringe English compiled and edited by A Way with Words co-host Grant Barrett and volunteers since 2004. In 2012, the dictionary was merged with this website. It is still being updated with newly found words and expressions from all corners of English. Read about the merger, including more information about the dictionary’s contents. Entries may include obscene language or adult themes. Search the dictionary.

kalo-kalo

kalo-kalo  n.— «The finest hour for those who have always likened the management of Nigeria’s economy to Kalokalo (casino), it appears, is here. Put roughly, Kalokalo refers to the inclination to enter an economic river without compass...

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kalo-kalo
 n.— «It is like you are using slot machines, the so-called kalokalo.» —“Y’hello, network busy!” by Kingsley Osadolor Naija-news June 18, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

kalo-kalo

kalo-kalo  n.— «One of my brother’s friend’s…is a Nissan salesman (notice how he dropped the Maxima into the conversation), he referred to your car as a “kalo kalo” (fruit machine) for gas. And all the gadgets on it, I...

kalo-kalo

kalo-kalo  n.— «No wonder scores of kalo-kalo banks sprang up overnight as beneficiaries of rentier era.» —“Were You Better Off Under IBB?” by Tunji Bello THISDAY (Nigeria) Oct. 30, 2002. (source: Double...

kalo-kalo

kalo-kalo  n.— «So the Buhari that is likely to register in the minds of many Nigerians today, depending on where you belong and from where you are looking at him, is…the man who attempted to liberate the Nigerian economy from the...

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kalo-kalo
 n.— «Kalo-kalo: 1. One armed bandit. 2. Amusement arcade game machines.» —by Babawilly Babawilly’s Dictionary of Pidgin English Words and Phrase (Nigeria) , 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)