Eniola, Damilola, Bolu and Mariam, left to right, taking a selfie in front of a yellow building

Eniola. Damilola. Bolu. Mariam.

Four years of Linguistics, and of each other.

beginning

/bɪˈɡɪnɪŋ/ noun
  1. 1. Year one. Lanyards on, and all four of you trying to fit in one selfie.
Four friends with lanyards squeezed into one selfie against a yellow wall

us

/ʌs/ pronoun
  1. 1. Eniola, Damilola, Bolu and Mariam.

Tap each one. There's something on the back.

  • Eniola

    Eniola

    Linguistics

    From Mariam, on your birthday

    Happy birthday Eniola, May God bless you and keep you 😊 You'll get all that your heart desires

  • Bolu

    Bolu

    Linguistics

    From Eniola, on your birthday

    My love happy birthday to you. Wishing you many more years on earth in good health and sound mind, and plenty plenty money too. Happy birthday dear

  • Mariam

    Mariam

    Linguistics

    From Dami, on your birthday

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  • Damilola

    Damilola

    Linguistics

    From Mariam

    Thank you for being my friend, for the memories, the laughter, the support, and simply for being you.

ordinary

/ˈɔːdnri/ adjective
  1. 1. Any day on campus when nothing special happened.
  2. 2. Usually photographed in front of that yellow building.
Four friends taking a selfie outside on campus
Four friends smiling in a selfie with a yellow building behind them
Four friends taking a selfie on a campus road

grind

/ɡraɪnd/ noun
  1. 1. Reading all night.
  2. 2. Then falling asleep on the blue chairs.

See also: relief.

Our results shall put smiles on our faces and cause us to be joyous 🙏🏽

relief

/rɪˈliːf/ noun
  1. 1. Walking out of 405.
  2. 2. Fine. Dancing out of 405.

We go again stronger this time 😊

escape

/ɪˈskeɪp/ noun
  1. 1. Picnic day, and a red dress that was made for twirling.
  2. 2. Eniola and Dami on a hike.

sign-out

/ˈsaɪn aʊt/ noun, Nigerian campus
  1. 1. The day your white shirt stops being white.
  2. 2. Also the day it starts to feel real.
Four friends in signed white shirts and sashes on sign-out day
Four friends looking back over their shoulders in signed white shirts
Four friends in sashes, arms around each other, on sign-out day
Four friends laughing together on sign-out day

We did it 🥹🤭🤭 Congratulations to us 🎉🥳🥳🥳

From Bolu, to all of you

Hi graduates🥹❤️

I'm so happy for how far we've endured and overcome, I'm grateful for the gift of you all

You guys inspired me and helped me alot in my academics, words can't express how grateful i am to you all

I pray that as we continue our journey in life things will continue to fall in place for us, where others are finding it difficult it will be more than easy for us.

I love you all 💕

Bolu

One more letter, from Mariam. In their version, only the four of them could open it.

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Four friends in sashes, arms around each other, on sign-out day

Come back here whenever you miss each other.