Congratulations, Egypt

[Minimalist]

Hope you enjoyed your "revolution?"

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012061...NT902.html

CAIRO (AP) - Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi declared victory Monday in Egypt's first free presidential election since Hosni Mubarak's ouster 16 months ago. But just as polls were closing, the ruling military council issued constitutional amendments that gave sweeping authority to maintain its grip on power and subordinate the nominal head of state.

After the last-minute power grab Sunday night, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) pledged Monday to honor its promise to hand over power to the newly elected president by the end of this month. But the constitutional amendments stripped the president of almost all significant powers. The military decreed that it will have legislative authority after a court dissolved parliament, it will control of the drafting a new constitution and will not allow civilian oversight of its significant economic interests or other affairs.

How do you say "Fuck You" in Arabic?

[Tobie]

Hope you enjoyed your "revolution?"

http://apnews.excite.com/article/2012061...NT902.html

CAIRO (AP) - Islamist candidate Mohammed Morsi declared victory Monday in Egypt's first free presidential election since Hosni Mubarak's ouster 16 months ago. But just as polls were closing, the ruling military council issued constitutional amendments that gave sweeping authority to maintain its grip on power and subordinate the nominal head of state.

After the last-minute power grab Sunday night, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) pledged Monday to honor its promise to hand over power to the newly elected president by the end of this month. But the constitutional amendments stripped the president of almost all significant powers. The military decreed that it will have legislative authority after a court dissolved parliament, it will control of the drafting a new constitution and will not allow civilian oversight of its significant economic interests or other affairs.

How do you say "Fuck You" in Arabic?

Neek Hallak I think Min

[frankiej]

Ah, dear... that is all.

[Faith No More]

Well, that was definitely worth it...

[Creed of Heresy]

ARAB SPRINGS BABY, WOOOO-

Oh wait this is just another typical day in an African nation: Ruling military councils taking over control any chance they get.

[kılıç_mehmet]

I sometimes get tired of saying "I told you so.".
Whatever. I have other things to worry about.

[Anomalocaris]

I think I believed from the beginning that:

1. Plurist form of government will not perform adaquately to survive against all culture backgrounds

2. It is idiocy to commit yourself in support any movement that will not survive no matter what your principles might be.

3. A Plurist government will not always be the friendliest to core interests of another plurist government, and when the country involved is rather big and important, friendliness to our core interest trumps.

it's idiocy to support any governments not inclined to crush by whatever means necessary any latent domestic theocratic movement within reach of attaining power. That includes most certainly the US.

[Minimalist]

Borowitz explains it all.....

Egyptians Dismayed to Learn They Imported Democracy from Florida
In Cairo, Mounting Calls of Return to Sender

CAIRO (The Borowitz Report) – Just days after they savored their chance to vote in their first-ever democratic election, Egyptians awoke today to the brutal realization that their long-awaited democracy had been imported from Florida.

“When the United States started exporting democracy to the Middle East, we were naturally very excited,” said University of Cairo political science professor Amgad Nasrallah. “I guess we should have checked to see exactly which part of the United States our democracy was exported from.”

Dr. Nasrallah said that when the voting in Egypt was over and no clear winner was declared, “I began to fear the worst: that our democracy had come from Florida.”

“Both sides started claiming victory, and then the government said it wasn’t ready to announce a final result,” he said. “If we find out that this thing is going to the Supreme Court, to borrow an American phrase, we’re fucked.”

In Cairo today, protesters filled Tahrir Square, demanding that Egypt’s new democracy be returned to sender.

But in Florida, Governor Rick Scott requested that the Coast Guard create a naval blockade around the state to prevent the Egyptians from returning its democracy to its place of origin.

“We exported democracy to Egypt because we wanted less of it in Florida, not more,” Gov. Scott. “I’ll be damned if we're going to take democracy back. Not on my watch. Not on my watch.”

[Annik]

Dammit, Florida.

[Angrboda]

طز فيك (Tozz fiik)
"Screw you." Can be embellished with something like وفي اللي جابوك (wa filli gabuuk) - and those who gave birth to you.

كس أمك. (kuss ummak.)
Your mother's cunt; the equivalent of "Fuck you," except worse. This is as insulting as it gets.

Egyptian Arabic insults and crude language

Here are some insults, swear words, and general crude words used in Egyptian Arabic. I tried to arrange them generally from least to most insulting — but all of these are (obviously) impolite, so be careful how you use them!

A lot of these insults use ابن الـ (ibn il-), "son of a..." The equivalent for a woman would be بنت الـ (bint il-), "daughter of a..."

ابن كلب (ج) ولاد كلب (ibn kalb [pl.] welaad kalb)
Son of a dog. This is insulting, but on the milder end of the scale. Parents even call their kids "ibn/bint kalb" when they're mad at them, so it's not too bad. And it can be used in all kinds of ways:

دى شركة بنت كلب (di šerka binte kalb)
This company is a bitch.

مشوار ابن كلب (mešwaar ibne kalb)
a bitch of a commute

طعمه ابن كلب (Ta3mu ibne kalb)
It tastes horrible.

يخرب بيتك. (yixrib beitak.)
May God destroy your house. Also on the milder end of the scale of insults. Can be embellished by adding something like وبيت اللي خلّفوك (wa-beit illi xallafuuk), "and the house of those who gave birth to you."

ابن الحمار (ibn il-Homaar)
Son of a donkey. You can also just say يا حمار (ya Homaar).

أبو قرع (abu 'ara3)
Someone bald from ringworm.

جربوعة (garbuu3a)
The jerboa (little jumping rodent that lives in the desert). A woman can be called garbuu3a or bint garbuu3a as an insult.

اطفح بسمّ الهاري. (iTfaH be-somm el-haari)
You can say this to someone eating, kind of like "I hope you choke on it!" اطفح means "Eat," but it's not a nice word and is often used in reference to sewage. So the phrase means something like, "Eat burning poison."

طز فيك (Tozz fiik)
"Screw you." Can be embellished with something like وفي اللي جابوك (wa filli gabuuk) - and those who gave birth to you.

ياتك ضربة في قلبك. (yaatak Darba fi 'albak.)
Sort of like "Drop dead." Literally something like "I hope your heart gets hit." Insulting, but not too bad.

عقله ضارب. (3a'lu Daarib.)
Like "The fuse went out" (i.e. he's an idiot). The literal meaning is something like "His head was hit."

يلعن أبو أمك. (yil3an abu ommak.)
Curse your grandfather (mother's father).

الله ينعل أبوك. (allaah yin3al abuuk.)
May God curse your father.

مخه جزمة. (moxxu gazma.)
His mind is (as low and dirty as) a shoe. This is pretty insulting.

هو عاوز الضرب بستين جزمة. (howa 3aawiz iD-Darb bi-sittiin gazma.)
He deserves to be hit with sixty shoes.

يا جزمة يا ابن الجزمة (ya gazma yibn ig-gazma)
You shoe, you son of a shoe. Shoes are associated with dirt and connote impurity and degredation, so this is pretty insulting.

طيزك حمرا. (Tiizak Hamra.)
Your ass is red (i.e. like a monkey's).

جاتك داهية. (gaatak dahya) - جاتك نيلة. (gaatak niila)
Both are roughly equivalent to "Go to hell." اتنيل بنيلة (itnayyil bi-niila) means about the same. You can also say روح في ستين (ألف) داهية (ruuH fi sittiin (alf) dahya) - go to sixty (thousand) hells. And ياتك داهية تخدك (yaatak dahya taxdak) - I hope a disaster takes you.

مالوش زبر. (maluuš zobr)
He has no dick.

كس أمك. (kuss ummak.)
Your mother's cunt; the equivalent of "Fuck you," except worse. This is as insulting as it gets.

Here are some more insults:

بهيمة (ج) بهايم (behiima [pl.] bahaayim) livestock (i.e. stupid or uncouth)
حيوان (ج) حيوانات (Hayawaan [pl.] Hayawanaat) animal
أهبل - هبلة (ج) هبل (ahbal - feminine form habla, [pl.] hubl) foolish
عبيط (ج) عبطاء (3abiiT [pl.] 3ubaTa) simple-minded, silly
قليل\عديم الأدب ('aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-adab) rude
قليل\عديم الحيا ('aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-Haya) shameless
قليل\عديم الأصل ('aliil/3adiim [pl.] 'ulalaat il-aSl) from a bad family
كذاب (kaddaab) liar*
حرامي (ج) حرامية (Haraami [pl.] Haraamiyya) thief
نصاب (naSSaab) swindler
سافل (saafil [pl.] safala) base, loathsome
همجي (ج) همج (hamagi [pl.] hamag) uncivilized, barbaric
وسخ (wisix) dirty, filthy (has connotations of moral filth as well)
مخنث (moxannas) effeminate, sissy
خول (ج) خولات (xawal [pl.] xawalaat) faggot
علق (ج) علوق (3il' [pl.] 3iluu') faggot
معرّص (mi3arraS) pimp
ابن العرص (ibn il-3arS) son of a pimp
ابن الوسخة (ibn il-wisxa) son of a filthy woman
ابن الشرموطة (ibn iš-šarmuuTa) son of a whore
ابن القحبة (ibn il-'aHba) son of a whore
ابن المتناكة (ibn il-mitnaaka) son of a whore
ابن اللبوة (ibn il-labwa) son of a lioness**

* Calling someone a liar in Arabic is really, really insulting, more so than in English. The same goes for "crazy" (مجنون magnuun); in English, it can be a joke to call someone crazy, but in Arabic people take it really seriously.
** The lionness is like a symbol of an over-sexed woman, so this is very insulting.

Some general crude language:
زي الزفت (zayy iz-zift)
Like crap, horrible (lit. like tar). This is on the milder end of things. Ex. العربية الزفت دى (il-3arabiyya z-zift di), this crappy car.

أحا (aHHa)
An interjection expressing frustration or anger. Considered vulgar because it supposedly represents the sound of a woman's orgasm.

خرة (xara)
Shit. Can be used as an interjection of frustration as in English. You can also say أخرة من كدة مافيش (axra min kida mafiiš) - There's nothing shittier than this.

سخة \ شخاح (šaxxa/šuxaax)
A crude word for urine.

ناك - ينيك (naak - yiniik)
To fuck. Obviously very crude.

بيضان (beiDan)
A very crude word for testicles; can be used to describe something really annoying.

فشّخ (faššax)
A really crude word meaning "to spread something widely," usually used in reference to legs; you can describe something you strongly dislike as "fašx," but it's very crude to do that.

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