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| 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 3:50pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
1. Jack or Root This word is actually common in the Ghanaian pidgin but found its way into proper English with people using it in formal write-ups. When people use these words, they actually mean an erection
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 3:53pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
2. Juice They refer to Sperm as juice. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 3:54pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
Ok followin |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 3:56pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
3. Calling someone “John” John is a name but in Ghana calling someone “John” even if the person is called John is considered an insult. Being a “John” means you are timid, foolish or senseless.
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 3:56pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
@ curvysola dey said ur a guy pretending to be a lady. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by ErnieSmallzz(f): 3:56pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 3:58pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 3:59pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
4. Blowman In movies, the Hero or protagonist is always the Blowman because he executes most of blows or sort of.
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 3:59pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
curvysola: This is cool!  Wow! What a JOHN |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Akposb(m): 3:59pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
More like formal English words turned to slangs. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:01pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
5.Pour When you hear people say pour in Ghana, especially when they talking about a sex act, then you should know they are referring to Ejaculation. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 4:01pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:02pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
6. Gangalia If you’ve ever heard this word anywhere then you should know what they actually meant is Gang Leader, which has been corrupted to Gangalia. This word is only known to us, the world knows nothing about it. 1 Like |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:04pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
7. By Day When you hire somebody to weed your compound for you, it is referred to as By-Day.
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by IamLEGEND1: 4:04pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
And why should I care about the words Ghanaians use as part of their pidgin. This thread too boring jor.Sotey u wan list 42 of dem. #FckThisShitMehn #ImOuttaHere |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Laveda(f): 4:05pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
Really? |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:08pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
8. Chew and Pour If you’re in school and you hear people say, chew and pour, it simply means, memorize. 1 Like
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:09pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
9.Running If you are communicating with a Ghanaian and he says he is running, he is not really referring to the literal meaning of the word, he means he is down with a diarrhea.  1 Like
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by falconey(m): 4:10pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:12pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
10.Supi lesbians are referred to as Supi. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by 4rmthewest(m): 4:13pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
TrapQueen77:trapQueen77 what a JOHN you are. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:14pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
11. Motor Way When you’re bald headed, we say you have a motor way 1 Like
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by vivianbelema(f): 4:15pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
I'm running, inukwa. |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Nobody: 4:15pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:16pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
12.Long mouth If you love to gossip, we say you have a long mouth.
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:18pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
13.Lavender Every perfume is called Lavender, names after the lavender plant
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:21pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
14. Face The Wall When you hear this, it doesn’t mean you should actually face a wall, it is just the name given to a local dish known as Konkonte. 1 Like
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:24pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
15.Booklong When you’re knowledgeable about something and is able to give vivid descriptions to things in books or talk too much about books or don’t know how to summarize simple explanations, we say you’re booklong. If you don’t find it in any dictionary, don’t worry, it is in ours. 1 Like
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:26pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
16.Chef When you’re experienced at something or have the technical know-how to something, we refer to you as Chef and does not necessarily mean the head of cooks.
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| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by Kenneylee(m): 4:28pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
following ... BTW whr can I buy ds breed of goat plz? curvysola: |
| Re: 42 English Words Only Known To Ghanaians by curvysola(f): 4:35pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
17.Gangalia If you’ve ever heard this word anywhere then you should know what they actually meant is Gang Leader, which has been corrupted to Gangalia. This word is only known to us, the world knows nothing about it.
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