English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
ENGLISH WORDS WITH NEW MEANINGS IN NIGERIA
He is able to enjoy the important things of life because he belongs to the ~working class~ (Popular Nigerian English).
He is able to enjoy the important things of life because he belongs to the *upper class* (standard English).
The working class or the working classes are the group of people in a society who do not own much property, who have low social status, and who do jobs which involve using physical skills rather than intellectual skills:
Those in the *working class* easily sell their rights. ✅
He is always seen talking; he is a ~lousy~ person (Popular Nigerian English).
He is always seen talking; he is a *noisy/takative* person (Standard English).
If you describe someone as lousy, you mean that they are very bad at something they do:
She could not write a simple grammatical sentence; she was such a *lousy* secretary. ✅
GAB
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