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onye ọkụkụ
What does onye ọkụkụ mean?
Describes someone who spends money recklessly, as if they're 'planting' it wastefully rather than saving.
"He's onye ọkụkụ, he'll finish his whole salary in one weekend."
Origin
Documented Otu-Onitsha (Onitsha market) economic-life slang in Nkamigbo & Eme (2011); literally 'a planter,' used to mean a spendthrift.
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What does Onye Ọkụkụ mean?
It means a spendthrift, someone who wastes money — literally 'a planter.'
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