The state of behaving, speaking, or presenting yourself in a noticeably Westernized way — putting on the accent, turning down the spice, apologizing for things that do not require apology, or just generally acting like someone who has forgotten how they were raised. Oyinbo mode is usually invoked with affectionate mockery: you have switched registers and your Nigerian friends have clocked it. It can describe a momentary slip or a more sustained identity performance. Either way, someone will call it out, probably loudly, and everyone will laugh.
He picked up the fork and knife instead of his hands and went full oyinbo mode at his own mother's table.
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