Baba
Father (Yoruba)
Bad bad
Severely. 2. Absolutely e.g She fain bad bad
Baffs
Trendy clothes. See Away Baffs
Bakassi
Name of Igbo street gang
Banga
Palm fruit
Beat am die
Beat to the point of death
Begin go
On your bike mate
Belle-turn me
Diarrhoea, nausea, stomach ache
Bend-bend
Illegal
Bending corner
Sharp corner of a road
Betta
Good times e.g. ‘Betta don come’. 2. Improvement e.g. things don betta
Bicos
Because
Bicos why?
The reason is
Bifor
Before, Earlier
Bifor-bifor
Long time ago
Big eye
Ambitious 2. Greedy
Big grammar
Long and difficult English words
Big man
Man in position of authority. See Oga.
Bingo
Dog 2. Cooked dog meat
Bold face
Audacious 2. To bluff one’s way
Boma boi
Thug. (Nigerians who served under the British in Burma during WW2, burma boy?)
Booze man
Drunkard
Boy’s quarters
Small bungalow behind main house for hired domestic staff. BQ
Broda-broda
Nepotism. See Fren-fren and Who know man
Bukka
Roadside restaurant. Also- MamaPut and Food is ready
Bush man
Unsophisticated, (“hayseed” derisive)
Bush meat
Any wild game used as food
By air
Speeding/Reckless driving (travelling as quickly as an aircraft)