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Rest

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

Stop or relax (Take it easy)

"Guy, rest abeg (Guy, stop please)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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April 2026

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Rest 🇿🇦 South Africa

Stop / end discussion.

"We agreed—rest."
Rest 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Rest (Rest)

"Make we rest small. (Let's rest a bit.)"

🇳🇬 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.

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🌍 "Rest" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Rest 🇿🇦 South Africa

Relax, chill
Rest 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Rest (Rest)
Rest 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Relax, chill
Rest

Relax, chill

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