gban

French

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mande language with a noun of this meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡbɑ̃/

Noun

gban m (uncountable)

  1. (Ivory Coast slang) drug
    • 2019, “Elle Kiff”, in Bledar is the new fresh, performed by Kiff No Beat:
      La péhi go ce-là, se jette, elle a djô dans mouvement de gban.
      That lil girl right thur, she tumbles, while movin she finds some dope.

Derived terms
  • gbaner (“to drug”)
  • gbaneur (“druggie, nitty”)
  • gbanman (“druggie, nitty”)

References
  • Lafage, Suzanne (2002) Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire (Le français en Afrique; Nº 16 et 17)‎, Nice: Institut de Linguistique française – CNRS
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