kalo-kalo n. a slot machine or casino; (hence) a jocular reference to the financial affairs of Nigeria. Also kalokalo. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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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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 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 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 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...