adjective Street Slang

Mbada

m-BAH-dah (approximate — Igbo is tonal and this casual spelling drops the tone marks) · adjective · slang

Highly expensive, premium-priced.

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Definitions

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Used by market traders and shoppers alike to describe goods that are pricey or premium — a step up from ordinary 'expensive.'

“Forget that shop, everything there is mbada.”
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Mbada In A Sentence

Forget that shop, everything there is mbada.

Origin & Usage

Documented Otu-Onitsha (Onitsha market) trade slang in Nkamigbo & Eme (2011), used among traders and customers to mean 'highly expensive.'

Variants Mbada
Tags #igbo#igbo-slang#nigerian#west-african#market-slang#money-slang

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What does Mbada mean?

It means highly expensive or premium-priced, commonly used by traders and shoppers in the Onitsha market slang tradition.

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