yauyauu

Yoruba
FWOTD – 31 July 2021

Alternative forms
  • yàwúyàwúù, yàwú-yàwúù
  • yàhúyàhúù, yàhú-yàhúù

Etymology

Derived from a reduplication of yàúù, from English Yahoo!. Compare English Yahoo boy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jà.ú.jà.úù/

Noun

yàúyàúù

  1. 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
  2. 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
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