corper

See also: Cörper

English

Etymology

From corps +‎ -er.

Noun

corper (plural corpers)

  1. (Nigeria, informal) A member of Nigeria's National Youth Service Corps.
    • 2017, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Stay With Me, Canongate Books, page 4:
      I have wanted to leave since the three corpers in the National Youth Service programme were killed.
    • 2019 March 27, “How NYSC corpers fit get di free laptops and phones wey EU wan dash dem”, in BBC News Pidgin (in Nigerian Pidgin):
      Dis equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - na di ones wey di EU demsef use for dia election monitoring work and now dem wan take am appreciate corpers wey do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for for dia "contribution and sacrifice".
      This equipment - like mobile phones, laptop computers and printers - are the ones that the EU themselves use for their election monitoring work and now appreciates corpers who do temporary work (ad-hoc staff) or do voter education work for their "contribution and sacrifice".

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