Welcome to Ghana where your name automatically changes according to your looks.
See the personality types and it’s associated nicknames, if you don’t take care, it will become your name till your die or move to a new area.
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1. Chubby – Obolo or Obotwomla
The latter is thanks to Efiewura Kwame Dzokoto in Efiewura TV series, sometimes chubby or fat people are called slim or oboshie.
2. Having dreadlocks – Rasta
Your name automatically changes to rasta.
3. Light skinned – Red
Usually among the males, your name changes to “red”.
4. Skinny – Obolo
Your are called the opposite of slim, afianga, twomlanga, sticks
5. Dark Skinned – Blackboard
or Odarkie
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6. Short – Motia (meaning dwarf)
or Adwoa Smart, Aki & Porpor, Kapoipoi
7. Tall – Taller
Sometimes a T is added to make T-Taller
8. Mother Of Twins – Owontaa
Usually followed by “NSFW”
9. Father/Mother
Name of your child followed by “maame” for mother and “papa” for father eg. Kofi Papa or Kofi Maame
10. Albino – Ofiri
Usually followed by Gyato
11. Mixed Race – Halfco
12. People With Curly Hair
Jerryco hair … yes, this will become your name in no time lol
13. Bald Hair – Sakora
Or God is my barber .. lmao!
14. Argumentative Person – Book long
Such people are usually called ‘book long’.
15. Smart kid – Brilla
Or bookworm, brilla is a short form of Brilliant
16. Gap In One’s Teeth – Shito
Or Sintus
Did we forget any? Add to the comment box below we would add them.
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