A Nigerian consult of the oracle from the Yoruba culture. Sometimes the term is used to define a voodoo priest. In movies, they sometimes have dark powers or require expensive sacrifice for their services.
baba: father
ala (o ni) : of
awo: divination
baba: father
ala (o ni) : of
awo: divination
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"Mandy, do you know what a power ballad is?"
"No, I could try to explain it but really I have no idea what I'm talking about Stephen."
"No, I could try to explain it but really I have no idea what I'm talking about Stephen."
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1: Damn
2: What's wrong?
1: The speaker isn't working.
2: *laughs*, What!? How?
1: Let's see, I turn it on, and nothing! NO SOUND!
2: Seriously! Wow, how many is that now?
1: 9 dude.
2: Tell me again, what happened with the other 8.
1: Does it matter?
2: Dude, you just bakalar'd your phone!.
2: What's wrong?
1: The speaker isn't working.
2: *laughs*, What!? How?
1: Let's see, I turn it on, and nothing! NO SOUND!
2: Seriously! Wow, how many is that now?
1: 9 dude.
2: Tell me again, what happened with the other 8.
1: Does it matter?
2: Dude, you just bakalar'd your phone!.
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Layshawnda went to a restaurant was mugged, raped, and killed this is a textbook case of the Ghetto Ballad.
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That flip side balla Teniqua took her crack money and bought the 7/11 on Martin Luther King Blvd. That honey is livin large!
by Scobbler November 11, 2006
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Verb. To shock or surprise someone with something offbeat, unconventional or unexpected.
Verb. To shock or surprise someone with something offbeat, unconventional or unexpected.
"Did you read that William/Tooms slash fic? Balabam!"
"I started to read that story about Skinner and that hot chick, but it turned out she was a Mulder clone. Dude, I totally got Balabammed."
"I started to read that story about Skinner and that hot chick, but it turned out she was a Mulder clone. Dude, I totally got Balabammed."
by trAshmAstEr August 20, 2003
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