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Gbese

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added July 17, 2025 · 7 definitions
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Gbese

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Debt or big trouble (literally “load”).

by KASINARY Admin Elder · July 17, 2025

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Gbese — definition 2

A Yoruba term meaning debt, now used in Pidgin too for owing money or being in a financial fix. Carry gbese means to accumulate debt. It can also imply causing trouble (figuratively 'problem').

"December enjoyment don leave plenty gbese for January. (Meaning: Holiday partying has left me in a lot of debt come January.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 02, 2025

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Gbese — definition 3

Literally 'debt.' Slang-wise, to carry gbese means to get in trouble or owe a lot (including embarrassment). Also a famous dance move

"No go dance legwork for office o, you wan carry gbese? (Don't go dancing legwork in the office, you want to incur trouble?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025

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Gbese — definition 4

Gbɛ̀sɛ́ (Proverbe/Proverb)

"Gbɛsɛ ɖo nufin mɛ (Les proverbes contiennent la sagesse/Proverbs contain wisdom)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 05, 2025

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Gbese — definition 5

Debt/Owing money (Debt)

"I dey owe gbese everywhere (I owe debts everywhere)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025

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Gbese — definition 6

Debt wey person dey owe (Money someone owes)

"Gbese go kill me for this Lagos (Debt will kill me in this Lagos)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · April 06, 2026

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Gbese — definition 7

Dance move (Body movement)

"Do the gbese dance (Do the gbese dance move)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · April 06, 2026

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🇳🇬 About Nigeria Slang

Gbese is part of the everyday slang vocabulary used in Nigeria. Nigeria slang blends local languages, colonial influences, and street culture into a unique and expressive way of speaking that reflects the country's identity and history. Kasinary features 1854 Nigeria slang words and phrases collected from native speakers across the country.

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