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gbam

gbam interjection: exactly; precisely; spot on.

Interjection

gbam

  1. (Nigeria, slang) Exactly; precisely; spot on.
    • "That mechanic tried to cheat us." — "**Gbam**! I knew his price was too high."

Origin of gbam

Borrowed from Igbo gbam. Formed entirely from the Igbo alphabet (Ábídíị), utilizing the native compound consonant digraph "gb", along with "a" and "m". Originally an Igbo ideophone, it has been widely adopted into contemporary Nigerian English and Pidgin as a universal slang term.

Questions about gbam

What does gbam mean?
Gbam means exactly; precisely; spot on.
What part of speech is gbam?
Gbam is an interjection.

Words near gbam in the dictionary

  1. Gb/s
  2. GB/T
  3. GBA
  4. Gbadolite
  5. Gbagyi
  6. gbam
  7. GBAO
  8. Gbari
  9. Gbarpolu
  10. GBAS
  11. GBASs

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