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Baff up

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Baff up definition 1

To dress up nicely (from “bath up”).

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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July 2025

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