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It was taboo for some women to use the word urine, so they renamed it oga, which means “boss” in the Igbo language.
From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2022
According to Dakolo, a man appeared and told her to get out of the car, get into the bus and speak to his oga – Nigerian pidgin English for boss.
From The Guardian • Aug. 6, 2019
Assistants, drivers, security personnel, and advisers hover around in suspended animation, hanging on every word of the oga, or boss.
From Slate • Jan. 3, 2014
It is because Nigeria is not a nation of sandwich-eating people and his last oga did not eat bread in the afternoon.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Clusters of girls were closer to the road, playing oga and swell, clapping rhythmically as they hopped first on one leg and then the other.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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