In the case of Nigeria, our political history has yielded various peculiar terms that have somehow become part of ‘our’ English usages. Such include penkelemeesi, June 12, five fingers of a leprous hand, option A4, home-grown democracy, I dey kampe, stomach infrastructure and even one of the latest, vote and cook – meaning vote and get the cash that will guarantee you a pot of soup.
Around three of the presidential candidates in the current dispensation, three words have similarly evolved. These are BATified, Atikulated and Obi-dient. You will not find the words in any dictionary yet, but the fact is that they have entered the consciousness of many Nigerians.
The third , referring to Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, indicates being compliant with the Peter Obi’s aspiration and ideals. As arbitrary as the process of generating the words may be, it has a place in English Language. While this is not to say that you should begin to use the codes indiscriminately especially in formal writings, in vocabulary, grammar and literature, the three words pass the test of scholarship.
Coinage that: Adds acronym 'BAT' to the morphemes 'ify' and 'ed' to arrive at BATified. This is a rather queer result. II. A coinage that adds ulate +d to Atiku get 'Atikulated' III. A Coinage that adds 'dient' to the root 'Obi'. Of the 3, the 3rd is the smoothest one.
Thanks for probing this. Bunch of 'agberos'. They don't even know what they use the words. Whereas one would think of their political ideologies which should actually be batists and obists respectively, they turned it candidates' appellation!
First two are HYPOCRITICAL HYPE WORDS(Atikulated & BATified), but Obi-dient is a VIRTUE. Go & Verify
GNS
BATified doesn't sound meaningful at all. Infact, it sounds stupid
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