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Yamayama

🇳🇬 Nigeria Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
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Yamayama definition 1

Disgusting or dirty (Filthy)

"The place yamayama (The place is disgusting)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Yamayama definition 2

Useless/Nonsense (Useless/Nonsense)

"Na yamayama talk (It's nonsense talk)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

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🇳🇬 Nigeria
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2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

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Yamayama 🇱🇷 Liberia

Means disgusting or messy, possibly from 'yucky.'

"Don't eat with your hand like that, yamayama! (...that's gross!)"
Yaaya 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau

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"Yaaya ta kuzi. (Mother is cooking.)"

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

Yamayama 🇱🇷 Liberia

Means disgusting or messy, possibly from 'yucky.'

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