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Original

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Original definition 1

Authentic person (Real one)

"You be original (You're authentic)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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April 2026

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Original 🇩🇿 Algeria

Authentic/genuine brand

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Original 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Authentic (Original/genuine)

"Na original e get. (He has the original.)"

🇳🇬 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.

KASINARY has 1854 Nigeria slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Nigeria slang (1854 words)

🌍 "Original" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Original 🇩🇿 Algeria

Autêntico / genuíno (Authentic / genuine)
Original 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Authentic (Original/genuine)
Original 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Asli haqiqi (Real authentic)
Original 🇦🇴 Angola

Autêntico / genuíno (Authentic / genuine)
Original 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Original (Authentic)
Original 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Halisi/asili (Original/authentic)
Original 🇪🇬 Egypt

أوريجينال - Original
Original 🇬🇭 Ghana

Authentic/Real (Genuine)
Original 🇰🇪 Kenya

Halisi (Original)
Original 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Tsa nnete / Real ones
Original 🇱🇷 Liberia

Authentic/Real (Genuine)
Original 🇱🇾 Libya

اوريجينال (Original / authentic)
Original 🇺🇬 Uganda

Original (Genuine)
Original 🇿🇲 Zambia

Genuine
original 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Original (Genuine)

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