The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.

LAGOS/ABUJA – Ask a Nigerian what corrupt politicians do with public funds and he or she may say, “They chop it.” The Oxford English Dictionary agrees. Hailing from the streets of Nigeria, “to chop” – ...

Sir: Some newspapers reported the inclusion of about 25 words of Nigerian English origin in the Oxford English Dictionary. This development has been greeted with joy by many Nigerians for two major ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — In Nigeria, people felicitate the successful, police open cans of worms on cutlass-brandishing miscreants, and the criminal rascals meet their Waterloo. Touts, urchins, and heaps of ...

Some common Nigerian English words have made their way into the Oxford English dictionary for the first time. The dictionary, in its monthly update, said Nigerians had continued to make distinctive ...

In its February update, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) included numerous new words of Nigerian origin. Many of the words relate to food preparation, urban transportation, the shortening of ...

The updated published version features a total of 22 native Nigerian words added to the dictionary. Kingsley Ugwuanyi, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, who is an Oxford English Dictionary ...

It is now official that a total of 29 Nigerian words and expressions have been added to arguably the world’s most popular English dictionary. “By taking ownership of English and using it as their own ...

Tokunbo, Send-forth and K-Leg are just a few of the Nigerian English additions which borrow from Nigerian languages or are unique Nigerian coinages. Harris lost to Trump. She may have one last chance ...

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has added a big batch of Nigerian words to its new edition, in recognition of the way people from the African country have helped to shape the English language.