Kenyans obsession with catch phrases

Clemens

Clemens

Elder Lister
Have noted, that some phrases are commonly adopted and have a widespread usages by everyone who keeps up with the Joneses of common culture the monkeys see, monkey do.
Examples of the current one is: kugongewa, we used to have, utajua haujui, utalamba lolo, and one that was widely adopted in the MCA's forum 'Wherewithal'.
Although it's part of the common culture, it irks the nonconformists among us and cheapens the social encounters, this is because, it's repeated over and over again, making it cliché-ish and it soon discarded.
Or maybe it's just me, an irritable middle aged man, who takes offence to things that concerns him not.
 
Clemens said:
Have noted, that some phrases are commonly adopted and have a widespread usages by everyone who keeps up with the Joneses of common culture the monkeys see, monkey do.
Examples of the current one is: kugongewa, we used to have, utajua haujui, utalamba lolo, and one that was widely adopted in the MCA's forum 'Wherewithal'.
Although it's part of the common culture, it irks the nonconformists among us and cheapens the social encounters, this is because, it's repeated over and over again, making it cliché-ish and it soon discarded.
Or maybe it's just me, an irritable middle aged man, who takes offence to things that concerns him not.
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I like people who use such since I don't have to guess where they lie on the IQ scale.
 
Clemens said:
Have noted, that some phrases are commonly adopted and have a widespread usages by everyone who keeps up with the Joneses of common culture the monkeys see, monkey do.
Examples of the current one is: kugongewa, we used to have, utajua haujui, utalamba lolo, and one that was widely adopted in the MCA's forum 'Wherewithal'.
Although it's part of the common culture, it irks the nonconformists among us and cheapens the social encounters, this is because, it's repeated over and over again, making it cliché-ish and it soon discarded.
Or maybe it's just me, an irritable middle aged man, who takes offence to things that concerns him not.
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Buzzwords come and go. They come, they steal the imaginations of a large number of people, then they are phased out by new ones.

Na usiguse murima!
 
Mwalimu-G said:
That tells me you do not visit tiktok. That's where things are happening nowadays.
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Asante sana for giving another reason to never use that app. Tiktok and Instagram don't fit my list of apps I need .Ata facebook niliingia to contact a friend who immigrated otherwise WhatsApp, telegram and Twitter ndio zangu .FYI Twitter is used to reach the likes of KPLC ,Safaricom and banks (y)
 
Kichwaa tuu.
That phrase should be patented for Murima men. You guys are legends on this one !
A kaeretu introduced me to that word laughing but embarrassed how a Nyeri man conned her into sex while still a virgin.
Sasa Huddah and MP Silasya are trending. Kichwaa tuu for Shs.3 million. Surely 🤣🤣
 
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