Naijalingo
Encyclopedia
Naijalingo.com is an online Nigerian pidgin English and slang dictionaryNaijalingo provides definitions to Nigerian words and phrases and its contents are written by its users and moderated by the sites administrators, which also includes some of its top users. The powers of users vary due to the amount of words they have added to the site or their level of participation on the site.
and Cornell University
respectively.
To start of the dictionary they seeded it by using words from Babawily's pidgin English dictionary
As of June 2008 the dictionary contains over 420 Nigerian words and definitions
JJC (Johnny Just Come)
The lowest ranking which is attributed to users that have added between 0-15 words
Oga
The second level in the ranking which is attributed to users that have added between 16-35 words
Chairman
The third level in the ranking,which enables the user the ability to flag words for the administrators to moderate. This rank is attributed to users that have added 36 - 65 words
Chief
This is last and highest rank. At this rank you the user has the power to delete spam or words that seem incorrect that they find on the site based on their discretion. This rank is attributed to users that have added greater than 65 words.
History
Naijalingo was created by Adimabua Ofunne and Obilo Nwokogba in July 2007 while they were undergraduates at the Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of Technology
The Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
and Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
respectively.
To start of the dictionary they seeded it by using words from Babawily's pidgin English dictionary
As of June 2008 the dictionary contains over 420 Nigerian words and definitions
Profile pages
On the 28th of September 2008, the Naija lingo team launched profile pages for the lexibutors on the site. The pages contain general information about the lexibutors such as their name, number of words they have added and the date they joined. The profile page of the lexibutor also lists all the words a lexibutor has added to the dictionary since the website had been started.Lexibutor Ranking
Members of Naijalingo are called lexibutors (Lexicon Contributors)and there are four lexibutor rankings.JJC (Johnny Just Come)
The lowest ranking which is attributed to users that have added between 0-15 words
Oga
The second level in the ranking which is attributed to users that have added between 16-35 words
Chairman
The third level in the ranking,which enables the user the ability to flag words for the administrators to moderate. This rank is attributed to users that have added 36 - 65 words
Chief
This is last and highest rank. At this rank you the user has the power to delete spam or words that seem incorrect that they find on the site based on their discretion. This rank is attributed to users that have added greater than 65 words.