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Tuesday 10 January 2012

Dictionary of the Lebanese language


Three of us contributed to this quick reference dictionary of the current Lebanese language. It is not an exhaustive record of all the words in the language. And the definitions of each word are not exhaustive either:

ARAB
Non-Lebanese. The sweeping majority of the Lebanese are of Phoenician origin

FRANCE
-- Clumsy
-- America’s caretaker
-- No long the Mother of some of the Lebanese

GOVERNMENT
-- Ruler of the ungoverned
-- Permanently temporary

NATIONAL ACCORD
-- What marriage does to love
-- A beautiful expression, comparable to a currency without gold cover
-- Another stage, after destruction is over

NIGHT
Thugs field day

NORTH
Sans South

PALESTINIANS
-- Mother of all problems
-- To stay or not to stay; that is the question

PARLIAMENT
-- Tower of Babel
-- Better one of sorts than not at all
-- A sectarian conference

PATRIOTISM
The magic word that enables anyone to do anything with impunity

PETRODOLLARS
-- Arab wealth spent by others
-- Smell, all you want, but don’t taste

POLICE
Line out of order. Call later
Government employee in uniform

SECURITY
Impossible dream
True Lebanese miracle refusing to happen

SYRIA
Godfather

TOURISM
-- A major source of revenue for Lebanon
-- The Lebanese state’s bad homework

UNITY
“Parole, Parole!”

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