Buccaneers confraternity slangs and idioms

“Kala, Daju, Ma Rerin, Wuwa Ika” were some of the hardest words in Olamide and Portable’s 2021 street banger, Zazoo Zeh. However, thanks to the recent cult slang conversation on X, I’ve come to realise there’s more meaning to these words, which loosely translate to “Be stern, show no mercy, don’t laugh and be wicked.”

Apparently, the lines are language-altered versions of slang peculiar to some cultist groups in Nigeria.

For instance, “Ma Rerin” is associated with the Buccaneers Confraternity’s “No laughing on board,” lingo. This discovery led me on a quest to find more Nigerian cult slangs and their purported meanings.

Some slangs in this list have been loosely used in afrobeats songs by Davido, Shallipopi, OdumoduBlvck, among others.

General cult slangs

Sticker: a cutlass.

Talasa: To hit a person till he/she bleeds.

Manoeuvre: Steal.

Jetesi