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  • 13 Words Nigerian Journalists Really Need To Stop Using

    All the words you’re tired of seeing.

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    1. Para-venture

    The sentence doesn鈥檛 even make sense.

    2. Revert Back

    Almost as irritating as 鈥榬everse back鈥�.

    3. Fingers

    And in case you didn鈥檛 realise, 鈥榝ingers鈥� in this case means 鈥榗alls out鈥� 聽or 鈥榥ames鈥�.

    4. Flays/Flayed

    What are you people flaying?!

    5. Penetrate

    Stop. Please stop.

    6. Defiled

    Do they not realise 鈥榙efile鈥� is a synonym for 鈥榬ape鈥�??

    7. On Seat

    Bruhhh鈥� do they mean 鈥榩resent鈥� or 鈥榓vailable鈥�?

    8. Left No Stone Unturned

    All this big grammar sha鈥�

    9. Feedbacks (sometimes written as feed-backs, as if that makes it better)

    Da fuq?

    10. Severally

    What they mean is multiple times鈥�

    11. Out To Destroy

    Always going for the over dramatic.

    12. Lambasts

    What happened to ordinary 鈥榗riticize鈥�?

    13. Impregnate

    Nigerian journalists can鈥檛 go a day without this word.

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