ajebutter lifestyle
- noun
- Slang
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estilo de vida ajebutter
- Many young Nigerians aspire to an ajebutter lifestyle.
Examples
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She grew up enjoying an ajebutter lifestyle, never having to worry about money.
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Living an ajebutter lifestyle often means having access to luxury.
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Despite her ajebutter lifestyle, she remains humble and approachable.
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Many people envy his ajebutter lifestyle and all the privileges it brings.
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Many people envy his ajebutter lifestyle and all the privileges it brings.
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She grew up enjoying an ajebutter lifestyle, never having to worry about money.
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Living an ajebutter lifestyle often means having access to luxury.
Synonyms
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5.6
A life of luxury with expensive things and many pleasures
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7.7
A way of living with expensive things, parties, and lots of spending
A way of living for rich people with expensive comforts and privilege
A life that shows wealth with expensive clothes, food and travel
A comfortable life with good luck and little effort
Antonyms
How Privileged
Surface Forms
Morphology
ajebutter + lifestyle
The meaning hinges on the culture-specific slang item 'ajebutter', which is lexicalized and not transparently analyzable from its surface parts (a learner who only knows 'butter' or 'lifestyle' would not infer 'privileged/pampered'). Because understanding requires sociocultural knowledge of Nigerian slang rather than ordinary compositional logic, the expression is unpredictable for a B1 learner and thus opaque.
Etymology
The phrase ajebutter lifestyle may come from the word aje, a West African word for 'money', and butter, which gives the image of someone soft and cared for who never had to work hard. That's why it now means a life of privilege with few problems.