In cult slang, “Iceland” isn’t the name of a country

And “Ma rerin” isn’t just a song lyric. [View in browser](=.gko1T7Sk2_EEV5J7Hv8NjeOYI5KSo_c5e-B6mgQGFCs) [Zikoko Daily] 20 September, 2023 Hey . Twitter (I refuse to call it X) is a very slippery place. You can be minding your business one minute, and the next, you find yourself smack in the middle of the Twitter branch of cultism. I still haven’t recovered from this [thread](=.gEijxh7i0zQl6gAbnRe5-zjKDPCxyVSgFFHh2pk5Ugc). So, to help other unsuspecting Nigerians like myself, here’s a list of slangs you might need to think twice about before repeating in public. 👇🏼 Tife Editor =.sKMrbKkJItp7UUf4h5o665ZDVko75OmwJ1TlP7YjTkg At this point, you can't say you haven't heard we're cooking THE biggest [meat festival in Nigeria](=.eyaLTgM37090346kv0mpfI0-kTcsknzx14ps-N_kzEg). We're celebrating meat, and you need to be there. 👉🏾 [Sign up here to be the first to get deets](=.I76FUVreQrxAztGFPXoihyMaBo7cytYYSCJKoYvGY7U). 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She talks about losing her mum, feeling alienated by her sisters, and essentially becoming her dad’s nanny because of his drinking problem. She even had to hide money in her panties so he wouldn’t spend it on alcohol and drugs. What she said: “One particular time, I joined an ajo group to save for end-of-the-year clothes. I was the accountant keeping everyone’s money, then soon after, I noticed the money my dad was giving me to buy drugs looked like the ajo notes, but I ignored it. When it was time to distribute the money, it turned out that about ₦5k was missing. It got so bad that I became underweight. The mental stress was crazy.” [Continue reading her story here](=.VMox7W2BzMbWp-CeiaJe4RJcaoJxnvzjRaAmWnDpUKA) *We'll be tweeting answers to this on our Twitter account at noon, so feel free to tweet us your answers with the hashtag [#ZikokoDailyQuiz](#) --> Zikoko Daily's Top 3 Maybe you shouldn’t pick up slangs just because they’re popular Who would’ve guessed that when Portable was singing “Kala” and “Ma rerin”, he was casually referring to cult slang? Even simple words like “Sticker” and “Manoeuvre” mean entirely different things in cult lingo. [Know the meaning of these slangs](=.dibyT1sUtx66_xPBDGNp2TmNIoMm_oQOiYO2lBiEeeI) --------------------------------------------------------------- Jimmy Odukoya isn’t the only celebrity pastor in town I was today years old when I discovered Lynxx also doubles as a spiritual growth coach, and he seems to be balancing it well. Who says you can’t get the best of both worlds? 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