bad belle
English
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Noun
[edit]bad belle (uncountable)
- (Nigeria) Envy; jealousy.
- 2004, Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere, Social sector reforms in Nigeria, page 37:
- I still do not understand how one could call him or herself a leader or elite when the community is riddled with so much frustration, hopelessness, disillusionment, anger, disease, corruption, waste, indiscipline, arrogance and bad belle.
- 2006, Jubil Aka, Blacks Greatest Homeland: Nigeria Is Born Again, page 34:
- Nigerian future leaders must stay strong always above misleading advisement, wrong influences and bad belle.