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Wave

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

Popular trend or movement (Popular trend or movement)

"Afrobeats na di new wave now (Afrobeats is the new wave now)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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April 2026

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Wave 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Trend or greeting

"Catch the wave"
Wave 🇬🇲 Gambia

Catch the wave (Join the trend)

"New wave coming (New trend coming)"

🇳🇬 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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🌍 "Wave" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Wave 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Trend or greeting
Wave 🇬🇲 Gambia

Catch the wave (Join the trend)
Wave

Trend or greeting

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