Nollywood n. the Nigerian film industry. Etymological Note: Patterned after Hollywood (the American film industry), Bollywood (the Indian film industry), and Lollywood (the Pakistani film industry). (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Nigerian factor n.— «The elders have held on to what is the Nigerian factor. Nigerian factor is another word for incompetence, inefficiency, ineffectiveness.» —“People of My Generation Spoilt Nigeria” by Godwin Alabi...
rehat v.— «The United States supports the Secretary-General’s recommendation to expand the mandate of UNAMSIL to take on the function of the departing ECOMOG forces and we will vote for the resolution before us today. To ensure there is...
carpet-crossing n.— «During the First Republic when the Northern People’s Congress (NPC), National Council of Nigerian Citizens (NCNC) and the Action Group (AG) were the dominant political parties, indiscipline among politicians took...
gbege n.— «any gbege na yawago bring out blud, like tthey say odas is odas, blud 4 blud[laugh],….we go strikewith tha might of korofo.» —“Religious Cults and Sects: Nigerian Student Cults: PC Will Forever...
mama put n.— «We asked the chief who hails from Iviukwe in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State if he visits these eateries popularly called “mama put” in Nigerian parlance. His words: “Yes, even now I like...