👉 Adawe is a term that means "an annoying little annoyance" in Wolof, a language spoken by people from Senegal and Mauritania, but also found across the Atlantic. It's like saying "dude," which sounds funny because it rhymes with "duh."
Here’s an example sentence using adawe:
As we were walking down the street, a man yelled at us to stop in front of him.
The man was so annoyed that he started to yell back and forth at us while holding a sign that said "No Parking."