Wrong Use Of Words

Plumpy

Nigerians use “plumpy” when they want to say that someone is chubby or slightly fat. The correct expression is plump.

Disvirgin

This particular “word” is used severally on a daily basis, especially by Nigerian men when they intend saying that a woman has lost her virginity to a guy.

The correct word to use, however, is deflower or  deflowered, depending on the type of tense you want to say or make, because “disvirgin” is not a word.

Crosscarpeting or cross-carpeting

This is a favorite of Nigerian politicians and political analysts or when some cultist defect to another cult group, They use it when they want to say that a politician or a cultuat has dumped his political party or cult group for another one,usually a rival party or group

The right terms to use when describing this scenario are party switching, defection and crossing the floor and not “cross-carpeting” or “crosscarpeting.”

Go-slow

The word go-slow exists, but not in the way Nigerians use it. A “go-slow,” in the peculiarly Nigerian context, is a situation in which road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues.

However, go-slow in the English language actually means an industrial tactic used by employees whereby they intentionally reduce activity, productivity and efficiency in order to press home some demands.

When this happens, you say that work in the office, factory or organization is at a go-slow.

The correct terms to use when road traffic is very sluggish due to vehicle queues are traffic jam, traffic congestion, gridlock, and hold-up,

 not “go-slow.”

Wake-keeping

“Wake-keeping” exists only in the imagination of a few English speakers. As a matter of fact, there is no such thing as “wake-keeping.”

The correct word is wake and not even “wake-keep.”  some think "wake-keep is the best but they are all wrong Both “wake-keeping” and “wake-keep” are ungrammatical.

Screentouch

This bad grammatical expression gained currency in Nigeria

So, they looked for a name to call it and “screentouch” came to mind, after all you just touch the screen and it starts working.

In case you’ve still not figured it out yet, the correct thing to say is touchscreen and not “screentouch.”

These are some English language “words” Nigerians love to use that are not found in the dictionary.