Tro-tro
A tro-tro is a share taxi common in Ghana.
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Dey touch
A Ghanaian term meaning crazy.
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Obruni
Obruni is the Ghanaian term for foreigner and usually means that person is white. It comes from the Twi language.
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Adjei
Adjei is a Ghanaian word used to express annoyance or dismay.
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Asweh
Asweh is Ghanaian slang. It is a shortening of the phrase “I swear,” and has the same meaning.
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Dirty Blows
Dirty blows refers to being punched or beaten.
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Hutious
A Ghanaian term meaning frightening.
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Tutufo
Slang for prostitute.
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Jinx
A game played in England wherein two people who say the same word at the same time are then forbidden from speaking.
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Chook
A term from Nigerian pidgin, meaning stab.
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