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  Some Nigerian words were recently added to the Oxford dictionary. The Oxford University Press published its tenth edition by adding 29 new Nigerian English words and expressions, including words derived from the Nigerian languages of Hausa and Yoruba as well as a number of unique Nigerian coinages.  📌 BUKA- It refers to a roadside restaurant or street stall that sells local food at low prices. It is synonymous with BUKATERIA, also called MAMA PUT.   📌 DANFO- A yellow minibus that carries passengers for a fare as part of an informal transport system in Lagos. 📌 K-LEG- It is another term for the condition of knock knees, as well as a depreciative name for a person affected with this condition, whose inward-turning knees often resemble the shape of the letter K. 📌 EMBER MONTHS: The final four months of the calendar year (September to December), esp. considered together as a period of heightened or intense activity.  📌 NEXT TOMORROW:  It is the Nigerian way of saying ‘the day after