Alaye
🇳🇬
Nigeria
Added August 02, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
A Yoruba word (originally meaning 'area boss') now used as a code between scammers. If someone greets you with Alaye online, they might be checking if you're a fellow hustler. (To outsiders it can just mean 'dude.')
"He messaged me starting with 'Alaye'. I knew say this one na fraudster. (Meaning: He greeted me with 'Alaye.' I knew he was a scammer testing if I'm one too.)"
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Khulekani Dladla
August 02, 2025
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