gban
French
Etymology
Borrowed from a Mande language with a noun of this meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡbɑ̃/
Noun
gban m (uncountable)
- (Ivory Coast slang) drug
- 2019, “Elle Kiff”, in Bledar is the new fresh, performed by Kiff No Beat:
- La péhi go ce-là, se jette, elle a djô dans mouvement de gban.
- That lil girl right thur, she tumbles, while movin she finds some dope.
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Derived terms
- gbaner (“to drug”)
- gbaneur (“druggie, nitty”)
- gbanman (“druggie, nitty”)
References
- Lafage, Suzanne (2002) Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire (Le français en Afrique; Nº 16 et 17), Nice: Institut de Linguistique française – CNRS