TWEAA enters Oxford Dictionary !

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

1. Tweaahahaha: [tshwiaah- ha-ha-ha]
   A unique type of laughter caused by sheer tweaaness.
2. Tweaadict [tshwiaah- dikt]
   Someone who is  simply cannot stop using the word Tweaa.
3. Tweaaphobia:[tshwiaah-fow-beau]
   An extreme fear of being tweaad when speaking or performing some other act in public.
4. 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.
5. Tweaawama: [tshwiaah- wah-mah]
   Sharwama that is poorly done.
6. Tweakai  [tshwiaah-cah-he]
   An expression to show that something is outrageously tweaarific
   e.g. Tweaakai! Somebody said Justin Bieber sings better than Efya
7. Mantweaaster United:
   A derogatory term describing the state of Manchester United under David Moyes
8. 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

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