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Taa!: Shut up.
Taba: Tobacco.
Taim: Time.
Tanda: 1. Stand 2. Loitering.
Taffia: Gossip.
Taiwan: Brand new low quality goods.
Take: 1.How did you do it? e.g. How you take build house on yua salary? 2. Drink eg I no dey take beer again.
Take breeze: Sit out in the fresh air.
Take eye see: Look without touching e.g why you no fit take eye see Gulder i.e Can’t you see a bottle of Gulder without wanting to drink it?
Take foto: Take a photograph. Also Enter foto, Enter picture and Tear foto.
Take Garri from mai mouth: Interfere with my livelihood.
Take in: Become pregnant.
Take light: Power cut. See NEPA.
Take me shine: 1. Show me up 2. Look good at my expense
Take style: 1. In a round about sort of way e.g the tailor take style get the dress o! 2. Use of guile e.g the bobo wan take style thief mai money.
Take us laff: Laugh at us. Eg na di corruption and mago mago or naija naim dem mak foreign countries take us laff.
Talk anoda thing: ( Dismissive) .Say something better.
Talk for my mind: I thought.
Talk true: Singing a different tune. e.g when you hear Koboko for yua nyansh you go talk true.
Talk with two mouths: Say one thing then change it later on.
Tap leather: Play football.
Tap soccer: See Tap leather.
Tapping: Stealing.
Tapping electrons: Caressing a Lady.
Tatafo: Gossip.
Tatashi: Fresh pepper.
Taya: 1. Tired 2. Do something to exhaustion or full satisfaction. E.g. I don chop taya.
TDB: Till Daybreak
Te slow: 1. Doing things slowly. 2. Slow Down, what's the hurry!
Tear paper: Di girl sabi book o. She jus tear di paper pata pata.
Tear shot: Kick a hot shot during football ball.
Teasha: Teacher.
Ten toes: Bare footed.eg yu dey waka ten toes for where bottle full ground.
Tey: 1. Take too long a time. E.g. You don too tey for dat toilet, abeg commot one time jo.
That one: 1. That person 2. That situation.
The co-co: The crux of the matter. Also The main the main.
Them say: I heard it on the grape vine.
Them send you: Were you sent to torment me?
Thermacool: 1. Relax 2. Chill or Stay cool. See Coolee. 3. Brand name of refrigerator.
The thing bi say: The fact of the matter is.
The thing wey happun for fowl haus dey happun for chicken haus: What’s good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander.
Thirty two: Smile. Derived from the number of adult teeth. Eg why yu dey flash yua thirty two.
Throway face: 1. Ignore. 2. Snub. 3. Avoid eye contact.
Throway salute: Big shout out to.
Tie am: Cast a spell on someone.
Tie neck: Street criminals known for grabbing neck chains forcefully from car occupants' necks.
Tie yua Sokoto: 1. Tighten your belt 2. Brace yourself.
Tief: Thief. See Ole.
Tight hand: Stingy.
Timber and calibre: Men of repute e.g. Those are men of Timber and calibre.
Taba: Tobacco.
Taim: Time.
Tanda: 1. Stand 2. Loitering.
Taffia: Gossip.
Taiwan: Brand new low quality goods.
Take: 1.How did you do it? e.g. How you take build house on yua salary? 2. Drink eg I no dey take beer again.
Take breeze: Sit out in the fresh air.
Take eye see: Look without touching e.g why you no fit take eye see Gulder i.e Can’t you see a bottle of Gulder without wanting to drink it?
Take foto: Take a photograph. Also Enter foto, Enter picture and Tear foto.
Take Garri from mai mouth: Interfere with my livelihood.
Take in: Become pregnant.
Take light: Power cut. See NEPA.
Take me shine: 1. Show me up 2. Look good at my expense
Take style: 1. In a round about sort of way e.g the tailor take style get the dress o! 2. Use of guile e.g the bobo wan take style thief mai money.
Take us laff: Laugh at us. Eg na di corruption and mago mago or naija naim dem mak foreign countries take us laff.
Talk anoda thing: ( Dismissive) .Say something better.
Talk for my mind: I thought.
Talk true: Singing a different tune. e.g when you hear Koboko for yua nyansh you go talk true.
Talk with two mouths: Say one thing then change it later on.
Tap leather: Play football.
Tap soccer: See Tap leather.
Tapping: Stealing.
Tapping electrons: Caressing a Lady.
Tatafo: Gossip.
Tatashi: Fresh pepper.
Taya: 1. Tired 2. Do something to exhaustion or full satisfaction. E.g. I don chop taya.
TDB: Till Daybreak
Te slow: 1. Doing things slowly. 2. Slow Down, what's the hurry!
Tear paper: Di girl sabi book o. She jus tear di paper pata pata.
Tear shot: Kick a hot shot during football ball.
Teasha: Teacher.
Ten toes: Bare footed.eg yu dey waka ten toes for where bottle full ground.
Tey: 1. Take too long a time. E.g. You don too tey for dat toilet, abeg commot one time jo.
That one: 1. That person 2. That situation.
The co-co: The crux of the matter. Also The main the main.
Them say: I heard it on the grape vine.
Them send you: Were you sent to torment me?
Thermacool: 1. Relax 2. Chill or Stay cool. See Coolee. 3. Brand name of refrigerator.
The thing bi say: The fact of the matter is.
The thing wey happun for fowl haus dey happun for chicken haus: What’s good enough for the goose is good enough for the gander.
Thirty two: Smile. Derived from the number of adult teeth. Eg why yu dey flash yua thirty two.
Throway face: 1. Ignore. 2. Snub. 3. Avoid eye contact.
Throway salute: Big shout out to.
Tie am: Cast a spell on someone.
Tie neck: Street criminals known for grabbing neck chains forcefully from car occupants' necks.
Tie yua Sokoto: 1. Tighten your belt 2. Brace yourself.
Tief: Thief. See Ole.
Tight hand: Stingy.
Timber and calibre: Men of repute e.g. Those are men of Timber and calibre.
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Time don dey go: It is getting late.
Time wey I smol: When I was young.
Tineja: Teenager.
Ting: Thing.
Tinigboko: Extremely thin individual.
Tiro: Khol used as eye liner.
Tip: Dribble opponent during football game.
Tipper: Tipper lorry.
Titi: Young girl
Titrate: Urinate especially at road side or in a bush.
To God who made me: I swear. Said while touching the tip of the tongue and then pointing same finger towards the sky.
Toast: Woo a lady. Also Spin, Approach, Base and Tune.
Today na today: This problem must be fully resolved today
Tokunbo: (Yoruba word) 1. Second hand goods. 2. Child born overseas . Also Toksy B.
Tolotolo: 1.Turkey. 2. Show of e.g E dey make Nyanga Tolo tolo.
Tombo: Palm wine. See Palmmy. Also Tombo Liquor.
Tommorow tommorow: Procastination.
To nonsense: To excess E.g E Grab muscles to nonsense.
Too dey: 1. Always doing something. E.g. You too dey snore.
Too get: 1. Have in abundance.
Tori: 1. Interesting or humorous story.
Tori get k-leg: The situation has become complicated.
Tori get many leg: See Tori get K-leg.
Toro: 1. Old Nigeria 3 pence coin with circular hole in it's middle. 2. Problem e.g. Dat one na yua Toro.
Toronto: Fake goods.
Tortoise car: Volkswagen ‘Bettle’. Also Volks.
Tory don wowo: The story or situation has turned ugly.
Toto: Vagina
Totori: 1. Tickle 2. Excite .
Towel: Cooked Cow intestine. Also Shaki.
Traficate: Indicate while driving. (using the turn signal in your vehicle)
Travul: Travel.
Trekeez: Act of walking. See Legedis Benz, Foot wagen and Footron.
Tri: Three.
Triangular student: (University campus slang). Student with little time for anything other than studies. Goes from the hostels to the canteen then to lectures and back to the hostels thus completing the triangle.
Trouble dey call you: You are looking for trouble.
Trouble sleep Nyanga go wake am: 1. Aggravate a touchy issue/subject. i.e. You should have let sleeping dogs lie.
2. But for ones outsized ego, an issue would have been amicable resolved.
Trousa: Trouser.Also Trousees
True true: Most definitely.
True to God: I swear.
Try: 1. Did well. 2. Tried you best. 3. Sarcastic use when someone offends e.g. Ol' boy , you try as you come finish the last iced water for fridge.
Trying: Doing very well.
Tu: Two.
Tu tu: Two each. Make we share di mangoes tu tu.
Tuffia: God forbid!
Tuke tuke: Buses used for transport. See Danfo.
Tune: See Toast.
Turn: 1. Stir food in cooking pot. 2. Transfer soup into a container.
Tuwo Shinkafa: Hausa meal made from mashed boiled rice and served with soup.
Time wey I smol: When I was young.
Tineja: Teenager.
Ting: Thing.
Tinigboko: Extremely thin individual.
Tiro: Khol used as eye liner.
Tip: Dribble opponent during football game.
Tipper: Tipper lorry.
Titi: Young girl
Titrate: Urinate especially at road side or in a bush.
To God who made me: I swear. Said while touching the tip of the tongue and then pointing same finger towards the sky.
Toast: Woo a lady. Also Spin, Approach, Base and Tune.
Today na today: This problem must be fully resolved today
Tokunbo: (Yoruba word) 1. Second hand goods. 2. Child born overseas . Also Toksy B.
Tolotolo: 1.Turkey. 2. Show of e.g E dey make Nyanga Tolo tolo.
Tombo: Palm wine. See Palmmy. Also Tombo Liquor.
Tommorow tommorow: Procastination.
To nonsense: To excess E.g E Grab muscles to nonsense.
Too dey: 1. Always doing something. E.g. You too dey snore.
Too get: 1. Have in abundance.
Tori: 1. Interesting or humorous story.
Tori get k-leg: The situation has become complicated.
Tori get many leg: See Tori get K-leg.
Toro: 1. Old Nigeria 3 pence coin with circular hole in it's middle. 2. Problem e.g. Dat one na yua Toro.
Toronto: Fake goods.
Tortoise car: Volkswagen ‘Bettle’. Also Volks.
Tory don wowo: The story or situation has turned ugly.
Toto: Vagina
Totori: 1. Tickle 2. Excite .
Towel: Cooked Cow intestine. Also Shaki.
Traficate: Indicate while driving. (using the turn signal in your vehicle)
Travul: Travel.
Trekeez: Act of walking. See Legedis Benz, Foot wagen and Footron.
Tri: Three.
Triangular student: (University campus slang). Student with little time for anything other than studies. Goes from the hostels to the canteen then to lectures and back to the hostels thus completing the triangle.
Trouble dey call you: You are looking for trouble.
Trouble sleep Nyanga go wake am: 1. Aggravate a touchy issue/subject. i.e. You should have let sleeping dogs lie.
2. But for ones outsized ego, an issue would have been amicable resolved.
Trousa: Trouser.Also Trousees
True true: Most definitely.
True to God: I swear.
Try: 1. Did well. 2. Tried you best. 3. Sarcastic use when someone offends e.g. Ol' boy , you try as you come finish the last iced water for fridge.
Trying: Doing very well.
Tu: Two.
Tu tu: Two each. Make we share di mangoes tu tu.
Tuffia: God forbid!
Tuke tuke: Buses used for transport. See Danfo.
Tune: See Toast.
Turn: 1. Stir food in cooking pot. 2. Transfer soup into a container.
Tuwo Shinkafa: Hausa meal made from mashed boiled rice and served with soup.
