There are words you can never cease to here in Nollywood movies. Whether most Nollywood scriptwriters have the same thinking pattern or their actors are too cliché-minded, it is a fact. Perhaps, the directors or producers find them interesting and selling points. Maybe it has to do with our language structure. The truth remains, we hear them always and we like them. We do not complain about them or find them boring. In fact, we use them in our daily conversations and even write them. Here, the top 10 most used phrases/words in Nollywood movies.
1. WHAT!: This shows us a sense of surprise or shock. the continued usage of this word makes it difficult to say if the correct pronunciation is "wot" as in "hot" or "wat" as in "cat" Maybe Olu Jacobs just realised his daughter Chioma Chukwuka Akpota fainted at school or his wife had an accident. This word always attract attention to the screen as to what happened.
2. OVER MY DEAD BODY!: Patience Ozokwor(the Queen) just got told by her son Mike Ezuronye(the Prince) that he will marry Tonto Dike(a village girl) and she be like "Over my dead body! You will never marry that girl" Sometimes I wonder if the speaker thinks she/he would never die or is not on their way to death.
3. ABOMINATION(ARU)!: The Igwe just died and the elders hear he died on his throne. The shout this to show detest over what happened and how tragic they find it. Elder Maya is an expert in this expression.
4. EWOO!: A son's death may have been reported to a mother or a woman's husband was battering her. She lets out that painful yell to show the suffering state of her heart.
5. GBAM!: This shows agreement in an opinion or and idea. The village youths might unanimously say this when the elders decide that the village thief will be banished. It is always accompanied by an earth-word pointing, showing that the decision has dropped heavily on the ground.
6. HOW DARE YOU!: The wicked king Pete Edochie is confronted by the Chief priest, and he burns in rage and throws this at the priest who tells him "Do not challenge the gods" with that supernatural voice that goes on a high pitch. The king will always try to murder the priest.
7. WILL YOU MARRY ME?: Desmond Elliot may have discovered his first love Mercy Johnson after five years of leaving school. They discover they are still in love as strong as ever. He kneels down before her inside a restaurant and asks the impossible. She would mostly say yes and hug him. Someone like Cha Cha Eke might reject it by kicking him in the ass.
8. CALM DOWN/ I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL: Words of consolation. From a friend to a friend or from a mother to her enraged son. The after that something like "but . . ." follows.
9.HOW COULD YOU?: Heart break and disappointment.
Maybe there is one that skipped my mind or I haven't heard. Let me in!
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