English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Lexis
I guess she’s got k-legs (nonstandard).
I guess she’s got knock knees (standard). A condition in which the legs curve inwards so that the feet are apart when the knees are touching is called knock knees.
That person is a 419 (nonstandard).
That person is a fraudster (standard). A person who commits fraud, especially in business dealings, is a fraudster. The ‘419’ part of the name comes from the section of Nigeria’s Criminal Code which outlaws the practice.
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