Popular sarcastic Ghanaian word, ‘TWEAA’ has been given its English meaning.
TWEAA [tshwiaah] -{noun, adjective or adverb}
A sarcastic exclamation made in response to a question, comment, action or statement, to show that the idea being expressed is silly, laughable, absurd or nonsensical.
Synonyms: Bullshit, crap, rubbish, ‘yeah, right’, ‘ns3m hunu’,
‘ns3m fon’ ‘SMH’, nonsense.
Origin: The word originates from the West African country of Ghana, a country popular in recent times for football and Azonto dance. It went viral after a politician verbally attacked and nearly killed an innocent spectator for chuckling during the politician’s speech.
Ghana police are still searching for the person who said Tweaa.
USAGE:
noun
- Tweaahahaha: [tshwiaah- ha-ha-ha]
A unique type of laughter caused by sheer tweaaness. - Tweaadict [tshwiaah- dikt]
Someone who is simply cannot stop using the word Tweaa. - Tweaaphobia:[tshwiaah-fow-beau]
An extreme fear of being tweaad when speaking or performing some other act in public. - Tweaagle: [tshwiaah- gul]
An eagle that cannot soar.
Eg. The Super Green Tweaagles of Nigeria. This was added after Ghana defeated sister- country Nigeria in a CHAN soccer game. - Tweaawama: [tshwiaah- wah-mah]
Sharwama that is poorly done. - Tweakai [tshwiaah-cah-he]
An expression to show that something is outrageously tweaarific
e.g. Tweaakai! Somebody said Justin Bieber sings better than Efya - Mantweaaster United:
A derogatory term describing the state of Manchester United under David Moyes - Tweaalsea FC :
The real name of Chelsea FC.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- The crowd tweaad the boring musician off the stage
- Tweaa, am I your co-equal?
- I couldn’t stand the tweaaness of the Ghana-Nigeria CHAN game, so I was forced to watch Marie Cruz.
- With an empty goal before him, Yahaya Mohammed shot the ball tweaarifically over the bar.
- Yesterday I tweaad, today I am twearing, tomorrow I shall tweaa
