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A Ghanaian term meaning frightening.
Hutious Quotes in Pigeon English
The Pigeon English quotes below are all either spoken by Hutious or refer to Hutious. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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I live in Copenhagen House. My flat is on floor 9 out of 14. It's not even hutious. I can look from the window now and my belly doesn't even turn over.
I love going in the lift, it's brutal, especially when you're the only one in there. Then you could be a spirit or a spy. You even forget the pissy smell because you're going so fast.
It's proper windy at the bottom like a whirlpool. If you stand at the bottom where the tower meets the ground and put your arms out, you can pretend like you're a bird. You can feel the wind try to pick you up, it's nearly like flying.
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The novel begins at the site of the dead boy’s murder. Jordan and Harri leave offerings for the boy and then run home. In this passage, Harri introduces the housing estate where he lives. Harri’s excitement about living on the ninth floor and the joy he feels going in the elevator and pretending to be a bird highlight his youthful innocence and love of life. Large tower blocks like Harri’s are often associated with poverty, neglect, crime, and violence, and Harri hints at this when he mentions the “pissy smell” in the elevator. However, Harri sees his tower block differently, Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum. Nisi quia ea. Quia soluta itaqu
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Hutious Term Timeline in Pigeon English
The timeline below shows where the term Hutious appears in Pigeon English. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
May
...the white people and the old people.” There are men on stilts, which Harri finds hutious. Terry Takeaway steals a jar of hot dogs for his dog, Asbo, from the raffle...
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