Una hear am before? “Sapa” na di latest slang wey dey trend for Nigeria, and e dey mean say person no get money, dem dey broke!
Origin of Sapa
Di slang “sapa” start from di streets of Lagos, where people dey use am to express their financial wahala. Now, e don spread to di whole country, and everybody dey use am.
People dey use “sapa” for different tings, like when dem want to explain say dem no get money for something. For example, dem fit say “I dey sapa, I no fit buy am” meaning “I’m broke, I no fit afford am”.
Globally, Sapa is a pandemic to the homo sapien race….. Acute Sapa can make you warm Eba. Unarguably, Sapa can make you cook “confusion rice” instead of “concoction rice”. May the long hand of Sapa never locate u 🤲 pic.twitter.com/OiUCf77nDX
— MOHNICE ⚔️ (@Mohnice_) June 18, 2021
But “sapa” no be only for broke people, e fit also be used for joke. Like when somebody say “I dey sapa, make I borrow you money” meaning “I’m broke, can I borrow money from you, abeg?”
Even celebrities like Wizkid and Davido dey use di slang too. Dem dey use am for their social media posts, and dem dey even mention am for their songs.
So, if somebody say dem dey “sapa”, no be confuse. Dem just dey say dem no get money, or dem dey joke say dem broke! Remember say “sapa” na di new slang for broke, and e dey here to stay, no be small thing!
