When someone say yanfu yanfu, what first come into your mind? like someone showing off or doing things in an exaggerated way? That's how this situation is — everything is just too much, it's out of balance. Let me break it down for you..."
English meaning of yarn yanfu
meaning of yanfu yanfu
The Nigerian slang) English "yanfu yanfu" is used by street boys to describe something excessive, plenty or plethora, abundance or over the top, usually in a playful.
The origin of the word
The origin of the Nigerian slang yanfu yanfu is derives from the Hausa language, yanfu which means frogs in Hausa. The slang is emerged as a metaphor, why? because frogs can be seen as jumping around in an exaggerated or erratic manner, which aligns with the idea of something being too much or plethora.
Example of How the word blend into pidgin English.
1. Dem bring yanfu yanfu food for the party, everybody chop well well.(They brought a plethora of food to the party, everyone ate well.)
2. I get yanfu yanfu work to do today, e no go finish anytime soon." (I have much work to do today, it won't be done anytime soon.)
3. Dem send yanfu yanfu messages, I no sabi which one I go answer first. (They sent a excessive o messages, I don't know which one to respond to first.)
How to pronounce it.
In Nigerian Pidgin, yanfu yanfu is pronounced as: Yaan-foo yaan-foo
The emphasis is generally placed on the first part of each word (yan), with a slight elongation of the vowels to capture the expressive tone of the slang.
"Yan" as in "yah-n", with a soft "a."
"Fu" is pronounced like "foo" with a long "oo" or long U /U:/sound.
Similar words or phrases
Too much, plenty, over sabi, Awoof.
