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Origin Of The Phrase Wamlambez Wamnyonyez
Majority, if not all of you have already heard of the Phrase ‘wamlambez wamnyonyez’.
Some of you have used the phrase to mean something totally different from what it originally meant.
Wamlambez wamnyonyez’ has been used on the lips of every Nairobian youths.
The biggest sheng speakers community is located in Kenya’s capital- Nairobi.
The biggest sheng speakers know ‘wamlambez wamnyonyez’ in a sexual meaning portrayed in this sheng rap song…
WAMLAMBEZ- Miracle Boy,Shalkido,Masilver,Lexxy Yung, Qoqosjuma.
The youths in the City under the sun have produced the ‘wamlambez wmnyonyez’ songs- which loosely means ‘licking and sucking.’
But the real origin of ‘Wamlambez Wamnyonyez’ is an old ice cream shop in Eastlands, Nairobi.
The ice cream shop started operating in 1990 under the name- Ice-cream CONEnection.
(Tweet pic courtesy @Kianangih)
The ice vendor store changed its name in 2018 to the now popular phrase WAMLAMBEZ WAMNYONYEZ.
They were operating under a business tag, Lamba lolo. Another Nairobi’s popular phrase.
Sheng speakers, now you know the original meaning of wamlambez wamnyonyez. And for those who had no idea of the phrase~ Now you have the insights
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