Slangs
Contributed by Fellow Fego Alumni.
SLANG | MEANING |
| 36-28-36 | Used for describing a lady's figure. |
| 6 to 6 | Used by mr amoran during dramatic club rehearsals meaning fufu |
| 60 40 | Standard staple diet when one goes to town (out of school campus) |
| A | |
| Abigbog | To beg someone in a fustrating way |
| Ababio | Common name given to the chemistry textbook used at the time |
| Adags | Mr Adagondo, the Yoruba teacher |
| Ajeku | Leftover food that latecomers help themselves to after dinning hours |
| Admin | Administration office (building) |
| Allan po | Someone who thinks he/she is the bomb, a poser |
| Alloma | A form of recreation |
| Aluanla | Having your bath by washing only with water the hands, legs and face (89 set) |
| Amebo | Someone who likes to gossip about others |
| Anamu | Stupid person |
| Anafielle | Uncooperate dollard |
| Angle 90 | The name of the punishment where a person is told to balance himself/herself against the wall, creating an angle 90 with his/her body |
| Asaro Commando | Someone who loves porridge |
| Aside | Used to call for the ball to be passed to you by a team mate during a football game. |
| Aspi | Aspirant Hotel |
| Attachee | Someone that is only friends with you for your food or provisions. Refer to Para-mo |
| B | |
| Baba Dracula | The night watchman during the '84-'90 set who was believed to possess magical powers which he used to watch over the girls' hostel |
| Baba Leader | The Vice Principal's (Academics)messenger that brings out expo (1983-1990 session) |
| Baba Tanker | The man that fills the reservior with water |
| Bad Bele | Having negative thoughts and/or feelings about someone else |
| Bailing | To escape from doing a toilet-duty. In the 80s, this meant "to remove 'blockies' from a blocked toilet with a cup and somebody else's bucket". |
| Ballu | Game of football with 4 players played within a square/rectangle. Known to bring out the worst intentions and deceptions in the players. . |
| Balinga | A hanger-on; A boy who carries the bag for a super power. The least member of a group or gang. |
| Banging | When someone fails woefully |
| Bankhu | Cross product of Bamboo and Sugarcane (Bans and Ukhu) |
| Bastard | Used amongst fegosians. It isn't exactly a curse it is mostly used jokingly amongst friends |
| Bayewu yarns | Side talk to divert attention before going to the heart of the matter: can I have a bailer? |
| Beans 'n' jojo | Beans and Dodo - the meal (Misprounciation by Tauhid due to his Hausa accent 1993) |
| Beau | A term referring to your boyfriend |
| Becha/Beche | Another word for better |
| Bela | To take one big scoop of someone's drink (see: zape) with the biggest spoon you can find |
| Bello yarns | Dry/rubbish talk |
| Belloos, Beefing | Being jealous |
| Blockies | A word for feces or excrement (refer to Jamaica) |
| Blocking | When one is using the toilet to defecate |
| Bloke | Boyfriend |
| Blow | To ask Ahonsi |
| Blowing-Fone | When someone tries to speak English like the Europeans (The tonation isn't natural but such an individual tries extremely hard to speak like the Europeans to impress people) |
| BM (Black Market) | Illegal sales of fufu to boys by boys who go to town |
| Bone Thugs | Illogical sayings |
| Bonje’ | When a senior obtains provisions from a junior under duress; To beg for something from someone. |
| Boning | Being stubborn |
| Boo | Your boyfriend or girlfriend |
| Boogie | Party |
| Bounce | To walk in a stylish manner |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| Bubble | To cook illegally in the hostel |
| Bubble Cop | Name referred to prefects who have the knack of locating illegal cooking rooms in halls. '91 Labour Captain (Bola Osigbesan)!! |
| Bubbler | Someone that always cooks illegally in the hostel or someone who is very trendy |
| Bule | A swelling on the face resulting from a punch after a fight |
| Bunch | Bunch of keys |
| Bunk | Leave the school/class during a class |
| Burst | To put something aside or to forget about something or forgive some body |
| Buted | What someone fails (similar to "Banged") |
| Butee | Rich girl |
| C | |
| Cabin | Term used for Cabin Biscuit |
| Cangala | Canned coke (coca-cola) and gala |
| Capacious | Way too strong |
| Centaur | A half man half horse believed to be stalking students in FEGO reputed to have battled with Baba Dracula in 1992 |
| Center | Term used to call all students in a room to line up in the center of the room |
| Chadian | Mr Adeshina(Chad House master),name later given to Adewumi Oke(93 set) for squinting like Mr Adeshina |
| Chike | To ask a girl you like out for a date |
| Chika up | To chat with a girl |
| Chikkiito | Girlfriend |
| Chilax | Chilling and relaxing |
| Chillin | Calm, doing nothing |
| C.M.S | This stands for a mixture of Cornflakes, Milk, and Sugar |
| Commit | Taking off with everybody's food |
| Common In | Used when some one say's something irrelevant. |
| Conti | Continous Assessment tests |
| Covelet | Same thing as a blanket |
| Crawling | The name of the punishment where a person is told to crawl on his/her knees (only) up and down the room |
| Criss-cross | Mismatching shoes |
| Crunk | Something that's way too cool |
| Cubes | Sugar |
| Cuzzies | Your homies |
| D | |
| Daju | Making situations unpleasant for someone else |
| Dark room | The room in the school store building with holes for peeping into girls hostel(2000 set) |
| DBN | "Dudu By Nature" - For anyone is black |
| Die Hard | People that don't give up |
| Digba | A place 2003 set go to eat in town |
| Dishi | Embarrasement |
| Dodan Barracks | The infamous Niger House ground floor room 1 during the 91-92 academic session |
| Dolo | Someone slow to understand |
| Double Ration | Eating more than your 60 Naira school fees allowed |
| Dry | Not Funny |
| Dump | Idiot |
| E | |
| Ebo | Someone who likes food alot |
| Efico | Somebody that is very efficient.. overdoes things |
| Egun | Ruffian, Layabout |
| Epano | Eating your provision during lights-out |
| Epano night | Last day of the term - night when students feast on their remaining provisions |
| Erelu | Local witch doctor regularly patronised by the boys in next block i.e. Niger/Osun block |
| Escapee | To skip detention, prep, inspection, class etc. |
| Experimental | Oilly beans introduced in 1990 to replace the loaf of bread served for breakfast |
| Expo | Examination questions exposure before sitting |
| Efizy | Show off or to pull effect with something |
| Ekoos | Mr Ekogbulu (famous for saying "Boy, you are crazy, lie down and roll") |
| Ewa-Ninja | Someone who loves beans |
| Express | The unofficial route out of school |
| F | |
| Fap | To steal just like "tap" but fapping is a game |
| Fashi | Forget it |
| Fassy | Idiot/dump |
| Fallow | When someone misses a meal |
| Feel-Amonger | When some tries to feel in the mix as a tripper and baffer |
| FFO | For food only - basically used for recognised gluttons |
| Fikemba | Physics, Chemistry, Biology |
| Fly | Referring to a girl that she's beautiful[2002/2003 set] |
| Food munger | People that are always hungry and never miss the dining hall/ One who likes or rushes food. |
| FYI | For your information |
| G | |
| G2G | Got to Go |
| G4 | Girls Hostel |
| Gaa | Someone shorter than a bunk |
| Gache | Gari for eating |
| Garium Sulfate | Gari for eating |
| Gazby | Oversized shirts |
| Gba attache' | When two or more people use the same pressing iron simultaneously. |
| Gba Escapee | This is when a person does not want to perform some sort of duty and he/she is not present for the chore |
| Gba Oru | To read overnight |
| Gba yoga | Those who had their mattresses stolen often consulted this style. Tying your "covelet" from under the top bunk and enter systematically. Was sweet!!! originated by 92/98 set |
| Gbaing T-Square | When a guy is "Talking To" a girl |
| Gba-ing | An act by a person |
| Gba-ing Nekon | Used by batch 86-92 meaning that one isn't wearing any underwear.{Courtesy of senior Nekon who started the trend of not wearing any underwear} |
| Gbe ja | Run away |
| Gbemu | To bribe money |
| Gbensh | To have sex |
| Genuine/ Laiwo'we | Was the name of the coaster bus driver who got his driver's license without reading a single page. That was until he crashed the bus, injuring students whilst speeding so flies don't settle on the tires |
| Ghana fence | Boundary between Naija and Ghana |
| Gidi | The process whereby a room head or captain goes out and capture students that fled from work |
| Going Commondos | Not wearing underwear |
| Gon Danfo | A punishment by hanging on the bunk |
| H | |
| Hang'n | When you get sick after drinking. |
| Hanger | The name given to one of Physics teacher, Mr Buraimo |
| Harmattan! Hee! Hee! | Yelled after a boring statement |
| Head-boy | The guy with the biggest head around |
| Heavy Guys | Boys that feel they are the ones ruling the school in terms of social activity |
| Holla | To tell someone goodbye |
| House of Pain | Cross House Ground floor rooms in the Main Block in the 1994/94 set |
| I | |
| Ibadan | Someone too forward/Mr and Mrs know all |
| Ibon | Misuse of the English Language |
| Igbe | A term used for one who smell terrible |
| Ikuni Last | The Vice Principal's messenger (with hunch back) |
| Ikuni Last | The Vice Principal's messenger (with hunch back) |
| I'll Daze You | This means: "I'll Slap You" |
| Ingree | Ingredients for cooking |
| Iregu | Dirty person |
| Irregular | People who skip classes and were just truants. Used from 1977-1979 |
| Iregun | No Shower |
| ITK | I too know |
| Iya Digba | Joint in town where only Beans and Bread was sold Popular with 2002 session |
| J | |
| Ja | To escape |
| Jack | To study |
| Jacking | This is when someone breaks into your locker or box. |
| Jamaica | Any outdoor tiolet within the school premises. |
| Jarkata | Stealing or breaking into other people's locker |
| Jisaless | When someone doesn’t care |
| J.J.C | Johnny Just Come is used to describe a new person (student) |
| Joncing | To be fooling one's self |
| Joint | Illegal places within the school compound where a student can buy fast food (Gari and kuli kuli) |
| Junior Mate | Slang used by 94 set for SS3 students who were smaller and weaker in strength |
| K | |
| Kana | To understand |
| Katanga | Fried flour with stuffings (fish e.t.c) sold at the store. |
| Kayeet | To steal anything (infamously named after Kayeet when he stole several boxes from the hostel and sold the contents in town). For example:"They kayeeted my box". |
| Kittu mittu | Small but attractive boy |
| Koko | Reality |
| Kpako | Biscuit(CABIN) |
| K-Squared | Name given to the kuli-kuli we use to drink our gari |
| L | |
| Lamudoggy | Sloggish person |
| Last Boy | Infamous call for calling jnr students to stand in a line and the last gets punished banned by Principal tunde Adefolaju |
| Leche, Lacha | Something done in surprise |
| Let them say | A popular fufu joint in town |
| Leve | A kind of situation (1997-2003 set) |
| Lining | Raiding the junior dormitories/clothes lines for baffs to wear the next day |
| Loafy | Bread |
| Loafy business | Selling bread in the dorm |
| Love lane | It is the path by the wall of the girls hostel |
| M | |
| Mad Lion | Mr Ogundele - Wood work teacher |
| Mandas huevo | When u see that somebody is trying to take advantage of something |
| Marry the bunk | Making a junior student hug the edge of a bunk bed while the senior beats the junior student. |
| Massacarre | When the first prayer is said before a meal when everyone is not yet in the dinning hall |
| Masters | Living Commiunities for Teachers |
| Menkiti | Stealing |
| Men In control | To surrender or to prevent the blood from ragaring |
| Mentain | A dumb and/or stupid person |
| Mr Red | Red cable used as cane by formmer principal Mr G.A. Unigboje in the early days of FEGO |
| Momsie | Mother |
| Mu dodo | (a punishment) Prostrating and putting both hands on your chin and balancing on your elbows and toes |
| Mugu | A dumb and/or stupid person |
| My Alele | A very close girl friend |
| My Bad | You do something wrong by misake |
| N | |
| Na Beans, or na yam | It is not that easy. |
| Na da | Nothing |
| NFA | No future ambition |
| Night Shift | Scaling the girls' hostel fence to peep thru windows |
| Nit nat nut | An emphatic no. |
| Nojoda | When u get surprised about something |
| Noma | To stay away from hostel because of your room head or senior |
| Norma | A guy with a normadic lifestyle |
| Nothing dey pa | Nothing is happening |
| Nzebs | Mr nzegbuna(agric science teacher) |
| O | |
| O tap at all | Something or someone that is useless. |
| Off the hook | This is used to describe something really cool eg. music etc. |
| Oga | Principal |
| Ogbe | To admit to someone that you don't believe him or her. |
| Ogbojo | Principal Ojo |
| Ogidiolu | Mr Ajayi (chad house master) "is that of en" |
| Ogoni Nine | Hangin' from the ceiling fan hook in the dormitory rooms.(originated from the '96 cross house set) |
| Ojo | Captians such as the headboy that busts guys for doing illegal things |
| Old man | Mr Obafemi (Agric teacher) |
| O' local | When some feels somebody else is local or not butter enough to be in the mix |
| "one boy there" (Last boy!) | What a senior says when he sees a group of junior boys and need one of them for a particular task |
| Opaks/Opata | Talking nonsense |
| Operation Naked | The name given to series of raids on the school store between 1981-1982, these raids are performed naked in the middle of the night |
| Opiro | Someone who steals street chickens |
| Opon | One with a very prominent forehead |
| O.P.R | Omo Popsie Rich/Rich kid |
| Ordee | Mrs Ordinaka's house, one of the several "joints" on campus. |
| Oro de | This is used when a person, or teacher is being dry. O poo, oro de! |
| Oro Shonubi | Named after Shonubi(84-90 set)who was fond of asking apparently obvious questions |
| Orok | Unseriousness/being taking for a ride |
| Otiti | Reading late into the night usually at exam time. Used from 1973-1978. |
| Oyana | Rubbish Talk. |
| Ozape | One who has prominent,big and thick lips |
| Owu | The god of suffering, visits Fego a few weeks before visiting day. |
| P | |
| Pa China | Mr Adeshina - Cross House Master |
| Pai | A unit (SI)of "oro ode" |
| Palace | The abandoned science building by the assembly hall |
| Papa Songo | Head of porter (1998-1999 session) |
| Pira (pyramid) | Run, especially in the face of oncoming danger. |
| Planking | Beating up a junior student with a wooden plank. |
| Pako | Refers to Cabin Biscuit |
| Panji | To wait for someone in a coded place |
| Para-mo | Someone that is only friends with you for your food or provisions. Refer to Attachee |
| Parasite | When someone is trying to get some of your food.. we usually say the person is para-ing |
| Pari | Someone who doesn't like to share his provisions with others OR The side of the head or temple |
| "Pass me the gun" | This is used when someone is being dry, and you want to shut them up by shooting them with an imaginary gun. |
| Perch | When someone is relaxing (Chilling). It can also mean to get some food or even a ride off someone else. |
| Pillar | Sections of the girls' hostel fence usually use for gbaing T-square |
| Pillar | Landmarks where labour portions start and end |
| Pipe down | Plea to forgive an offender, most times a junior student |
| Poon | Someone who is scared |
| Pon-mo la | Amala & Ponmo at Odogbolu bus-stop "buka" |
| Popinchi | This is the term used when a guy presses a girl's boobs (or wants to) |
| Popsie | Father |
| Portion | Patch of grass allocated to one for weeding by a teacher or senior |
| Pox | To cook illegally(same as bubble) popular with the 2004 and 2005 set |
| Promote | To try to encourage a fight taking place |
| Provi | Student's food supplement - Provisions |
| Psyching | Lying (telling a lie) |
| Putu | Underwear |
| Putuless / Sailing | Used when someone isn't wearing underwear |
| R | |
| Ra re | Cool person |
| Rat's Ass | What is said when someone does not care about anything |
| Rattle snake | Mr Ikedero(english teacher) |
| Ray parker | Rough Packing |
| Rogue | When a joke is dry |
| Rub and Shine (1) | This is when a person doesn't take a bath, but they act like they did. |
| Rub and Shine (2) | Someone who has a cup of water for bath and applied lotions to the body. |
| Rub your nose | Phrase used in by girls when a girl's bra strap is showing and you want to tell her to pull it into her blouse |
| Rub your nose (2) | Used by guys to inform other guys that they haven't zipped up |
| Ruggy | A very untidy person |
| Rushing | Continuous beating of an individual |
| S | |
| Sailor | Someone that never wears underwear |
| Scabito | A term used for those that have SCABIES on their legs |
| Scala | To hit someone on the lips with tip of fingers |
| Scale | To jump over a fence (girl's hostel fence) |
| Scatter | To pass an assessment test |
| School-daughter | A junior female student who has a senior student who is her 'school-caretaker' or sometimes someone she can run to for help |
| School-father | A senior male student who has a junior 'school-daughter' or 'school-son' |
| School-mother | A senior female student who has a junior 'school-daughter' or 'school-son' |
| School-son | A junior son student who has a senior student who is her 'school-caretaker' or sometimes someone she can run to for help |
| Scrapping | Using one's bucket to collect the remaining water from the reservoir |
| Scrench | A way of making comments that makes no sense |
| Scrobo | Boyfriend |
| Set | Cutlery such as Fork, Spoon and Knife |
| Shaggy | FGGC Sagamu |
| Shan | Funny/Crazy person |
| Shearing | This is the beating you recieve on the last night of the term if you sleep early |
| Sheba leshe | Used on those that demonstrate a more than healthy appetite for eba. |
| Sicilian clan | Clique of cross chad students living on the 1st room of the ground floor Chad/cross block 1995 Set |
| Sisssss | Used by guy(s) to ask other guys(whenever a babe(s) is(are) around) if they'll like to urinate. |
| Skin and Shine | Someone who didn't take his/her bath and applied lotions to the body for school |
| Slacker | Someone that doesn't do any work |
| SMD | A term also used for the SHORTEST guy in class meaning SHORT MAN Devil |
| SOB/SOG | Stupid Old Boyfriend / Stupid Old Girlfriend |
| Solo | Noisy person |
| Sparking (also Raking) | When someone is upset with you and expresses their anger |
| Spat | A person that spits alot |
| Spooting | Dressed in your 'Sunday Best' |
| Stabbing | Skipping classes/Grass cutting |
| Starlight | Star light hotel in Shagamu |
| Store | School store where all students buy fast foods like loafand fish or moi moi |
| Street Cuz | Homie friend brother |
| Strike | To have more food than everyone else at a table |
| Strikker | Someone that always takes more than their share of food |
| Striking | Taking more than your share of the food from the pot |
| Stroke | To make fun of some one based on a past act |
| Sufo | A name for someone who has no provision |
| Sulu | Daft |
| Swafo | Lie |
| T | |
| T-Square | When a boy and girl are making out |
| Tallest! | A term used for the SHORTEST guy in the class |
| Tap | To steal for example a person's biro |
| Tapping current | When a boy tries to make body contact with a girl without alerting the girl, ie. standing extremely close to the girl |
| TDB | Studying till day break |
| Tear | When someone passes in flying colours in exams |
| Tempo | Temporary school site be |
| TFB (Top floor boys) | Clique of SS3 Students living on the top floor of Osun/Niger Block 1995 Set |
| Thau au | A phrase you tell a dumb person who is asking a dumb question |
| The Pace-Setters | Osun House |
| The Man | The name given to the man that visit the hostels at night |
| "They've come for you" | This phrase is used during visiting day, when a person's parent arrives. |
| Tibsy | Mr Atiba the senior boarding house master |
| Tight | Cool, interesting |
| Toasting | When a boy is talking to a girl he is interesting in |
| Tongolo | Get down on your knees |
| Trips | Catching fun |
| Tripping | When a person is making a big fuss or getting worried or worked up. |
| Turtle | Failing exams or tests woefully (1993)or being in the last 3 in a class during continuous assessment tests |
| Twak | To beat a junior student |
| U | |
| Uness | Unecessary/stupid person |
| Up the duff | Pregnant |
| V | |
| Vector | To hit someone on head with the head with the base base of your palm |
| W | |
| Wasss Up Bro | How are you doing |
| Word | Surprised in ways you can not imagine |
| Y | |
| Yan | To talk |
| Yapping | To make fun of someone and insult them in the process |
| Youngin | A term refered to a young person in the rap game |
| U | |
| Uncle B | Mr Balogun - Osun House Master |
| Untop Wetin | Because of what |
| Using One's Head(skull) | To deceive someone |
| V | |
| Veg out | Relax by doing something |
| W | |
| Werin dey | (2000 set) How are you |
| Won ti wa fun wa | Mates or seniors telling you your parents have come to visit but all your stuffs are for you and them |
| X | |
| XYZ | Slangs used by boys to tell each other when their zipper is down. X-See Y-Your Z-Zip |
| Y | |
| Yab | To make fun of someone |
| Yoga | Washing your face and hands only in the morning |
| Z | |
| Zape | To soak garri, cornflakes.... "I just finished zaping" |
| Zape la large | Plenty of provisions |
| Zinnie | When a person is psyching another person e.g a boy is telling a girl she is whatever and she is not |
| Zinnie na bastard | (Check Zinnie) ...the girl then tells the boy "zinnie na bastard" meaning she knows he is psyching. |