E: 1.
He 2. She.
E Dey hard It is a rarity e.g E dey hard make
Saturday night meet am for house.
E don do: It is enough.
Eagles: See Super Eagles.
Eba: Meal made with garri and hot water. Usually
eaten with soup with bare fingers of right hand. See
Garri.
Econs: (Abbreviation of economy) Stingy. See Tight
hand.
Edikang Ikong: Traditional Efik soup made with beef,
stock fish, snails, crayfish, periwinkle, peppers,
pumpkin leaves and onions. Usually served with pounded
yam or Fufu. Folklore has it that when an Efik maiden
prepares this dish for a man she steals his heart away.
Effa: Ever.
Efritin: Everything.
Egbe: Fool.
Ego: Money.
Egunje: 1. Bribe or 2. Kick back..
Eh?: 1. What? 2. What!
Eh-eh: 1. No 2. Not at all.
Eh-yah:1. Sorry 2. What a pity 3. How touching
Ehen?: So what?
Ehen: Is that so.
Ejika ni shop: Tailor walking on the street with his
portable sewing machine on his shoulder. Ejika ni
is Yoruba for "shoulder is". See Obioma.
Enjoi: Enjoy.
Eko: Lagos
Eniwe: Anyway.
Enta: Enter.
Enta road: 1. Get out of control. 2. Drive car into
the streets.
Enta market: 1 Go crazy.
Enta trouble: Get into trouble.
Esusu: Thrift society where members contribute a
monthly sum into a pot and then take turns in collecting
the total sum. Also-Moni of by turn - by turn.
Essenco: Abbreviation for term 'essential
commodities' i.e. Milk, Sugar, and Salt.
Everyday everyday: Daily
Everywhere tinted: Wearing really dark sun glasses.
See Bones and Shaded up.
Ewa: Beans.
Ewa Agoyin: 1. A kind of beans 2. Street hawkers who
sell cooked beans.
Expo: 1. Leaked examination question paper. 2.
Contraction of exposed
Eye glass: Spectacles.
Eye go come down: Come back to reality.
