iroyin ẹlẹjẹ
Yoruba
Etymology
From ìròyìn (“news”) + ẹlẹ́jẹ̀ (“that which has blood”), literally “bloody news”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ì.ɾò.jĩ̀ ɛ̄.lɛ́.d͡ʒɛ̀/
Noun
ìròyìn ẹlẹ́jẹ̀
- fake news (news stories with false or misleading information, deliberately created to disinform).
- Synonyms: ìròyìn èké, ìròyìn aṣinilọ́nà