Trotro (Ghana)
*Alias "Troski"
*Pronounced: "Traw-traw" (like the word 'draw')
Private-owned buses and vans that act as the biggest and cheapest means of inter-city mass transportation in Ghana. The buses are typically minibuses or vans, with the most popular being Nissan Urvan 15-seaters and Mercedes Benz Sprinter or D 309 vans. Seating arrangements typically include:
• two "front seats" up by the driver's seat
• about 4 rows of longer bench seats with the bus conductor (called the "Mate") at the seat closest to the vehicle door.
The word may have been derived from the Ga (Gà) word "tro" meaning "pesewa" (the smallest unit of Ghanaian currency), given the trotro's status as a cheap means of transportation.
Trotros are typically decorated with flags and stickers of various countries or (local and international) soccer teams, and with witty sayings, wisecracks, local proverbs or Bible verses printed on the bus's rear.
*Alias "Troski"
*Pronounced: "Traw-traw" (like the word 'draw')
Private-owned buses and vans that act as the biggest and cheapest means of inter-city mass transportation in Ghana. The buses are typically minibuses or vans, with the most popular being Nissan Urvan 15-seaters and Mercedes Benz Sprinter or D 309 vans. Seating arrangements typically include:
• two "front seats" up by the driver's seat
• about 4 rows of longer bench seats with the bus conductor (called the "Mate") at the seat closest to the vehicle door.
The word may have been derived from the Ga (Gà) word "tro" meaning "pesewa" (the smallest unit of Ghanaian currency), given the trotro's status as a cheap means of transportation.
Trotros are typically decorated with flags and stickers of various countries or (local and international) soccer teams, and with witty sayings, wisecracks, local proverbs or Bible verses printed on the bus's rear.
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1. How did you get here? / I took a trotro.
2. His day couldn't have been worse. While waiting in that heavy downpour to grab a taxi, he was assailed with mud and dirty rain water by a speeding trotro. To Boat's annoyance, the only "apology" he got from the mate's mouth was an energetic "Circ-Kanesh."
1. How did you get here? / I took a trotro.
2. His day couldn't have been worse. While waiting in that heavy downpour to grab a taxi, he was assailed with mud and dirty rain water by a speeding trotro. To Boat's annoyance, the only "apology" he got from the mate's mouth was an energetic "Circ-Kanesh."
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1. Ghanaian slag for the popular form of public transit. Tro-tros take the form of large vans converted to seat 12-14 passengers. They are operated by a driver and mate and work along pre-defined routes. The system is best described as organized chaos.
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Guy 1
"Hey, did you have sex with erica last night?"
Guy 2
"Damn straight, i ploughed her a trotsome!"
Guy 1
"Hey Terry, go in the toilet and check out that trotsbutt of a shit i just layed!"
As Erica awoke the next morning she noticed a pain in the back of her head. She wondered what had occured the previous night, but was oblivious. After going to college she noticed her friends laughing at her. She was curious as to what had happened. As the day dragged on, she asked her clostest friend Gloria what all the hype was about. To her horror, Erica found that she had been donkey punched a trotsome the night before by Duane... What a slut!
"Hey, did you have sex with erica last night?"
Guy 2
"Damn straight, i ploughed her a trotsome!"
Guy 1
"Hey Terry, go in the toilet and check out that trotsbutt of a shit i just layed!"
As Erica awoke the next morning she noticed a pain in the back of her head. She wondered what had occured the previous night, but was oblivious. After going to college she noticed her friends laughing at her. She was curious as to what had happened. As the day dragged on, she asked her clostest friend Gloria what all the hype was about. To her horror, Erica found that she had been donkey punched a trotsome the night before by Duane... What a slut!
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