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Yoruba
Etymology
Derived from a reduplication of yàúù, from English Yahoo!. Compare English Yahoo boy.
Pronunciation
Noun
yàúyàúù
- Internet fraudster
2015, Dayo Akanmu, quoting Babalọlá, “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, →DOI:Ẹ̀yin yàtọ̀ sáwọn ọmọ yàúyàúù tó ń ya bébà lóní yanya- You are different from the Yahoo boys (Internet fraudsters) who spend extravagantly
- user of Yahoo!
References
- Akanmu, Dayo (2015) “New Yoruba Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions: A New Mode of Communicating New Concepts and Ideas on Radio”, in Journal of Mass Communication & Journalism, volume 5, number 1, School of Languages, Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education, Nigeria, →DOI