A whole you

This term is often used by our Naija breathren but we use it as well. Let me break it down...

A whole you can be used in the negative or positive sense--either to assert that you have done something that is unexpected of your station/class and that you need to reevaluate your action or that someone has done something that is not in line with them realizing who you are.

In the negative sense it might be used in an instance in which a girl dates a guy who is not necessarily perceived to be on her level. The verbal assailant might say, "ahh! so you are going to date that, that, that boy? A WHOLE YOU?!?!?!?"

In the positive sense it might be used to bolster your ego or your station/class. In the same scenario described above, the girl herself might say, "can you imagine, that, that, that, boy had the affrontery to try to date me. Me! Me! A WHOLE ME! Kai!"

I have used it when someone has spoken to me out of turn, "see his mouth, talking to A WHOLE ME anyhow. Nonsense!"