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Blackout

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Blackout definition 1

Power outage (No electricity)

"Everywhere na blackout (There's power outage everywhere)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Blackout definition 2

No electricity (No electricity)

"Blackout since morning (Blackout since morning)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇳🇬 Nigeria
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Blackout 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kwibagirwa ibyo wakoze (To forget what you did)

"Nakoze blackout. (I blacked out.)"
Black out 🇿🇲 Zambia

Pass out drunk

"Wa black out (He blacked out)"

🇳🇬 About Nigeria Slang

Nigeria has one of Africa's richest street-language traditions, blending Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, and Pidgin English into a constantly evolving slang vocabulary used by over 220 million people.

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🌍 "Blackout" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Blackout 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Kwibagirwa ibyo wakoze (To forget what you did)

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