in my country we don’t have a language but a dialect, the moroccan dialect or as we call it “Darija”
Since it’s a dialect i can name a few words that quite can’t be translated properly in a specific language.
- مقود : (mkawed)
Depending on the sentence it has two meanings
Either really broke / fucked up
Or awesome/cool/the best
- ( bo wedina ) بو ودينة ( translates to someone who has an ear )
However it means that someone is easily influenced or tend to follow the rumours without hearing the full story.
- اودي ( awedi )
It has no translation however it’s like an expression -> well, bruh, whatever,
Keep in mind, we have many dialects, i live in a big city so we tend to make french words arabic, for exemple :
Formaj - coming from the word Fromage (cheese)
Forcheta - coming from word Fourchette (fork)
And some of our words differ like :
coming from the word Sandales, we say Sandala (my city) and the northern people call it Chankla.
Cockroach : we call it (serak zit : صراق الزيت ) which literally translates to the oil stealer (dont ask how or when or why we just call it that haha) and in Fes city they call Boudarer ( بو دارع )
Jan 12, 2025
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i love how same language speaking countries have different names for things
like
footpath - sidewalk
sauce - gravy (don’t like that one)
thongs - flipops
car park - parking lot
shopping centre - mall
autumn - fall
chips - fries
chips - crisps
so much fun
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it's like building a silly little world together.
with no explanation (some are more straightforward than others), here's some favs among the inner sanctum:
- naur
- yaur
- gilerr
- shwag
- ali, muthu, ah hok
- bos
- picolas
- nou nou, wee wee
- nonsh
- bachata break
- puberto
Mar 3, 2025
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Saw someone do this on another app, and thought it’d be a funny lil game/brain exercise:
Polenta
Kidney
Sandal
Clarinet
Pie
Camera
Basin
Fax
Alimony
Chlorine
please add yours!!*
*footnotes: these are in the realm of European-adjacent/English-speaking/North American colonial names, so I’d also love to see people do this with other languages/cultures!
*I find femme names are easier so bonus for neutral/masc names!
Feb 15, 2024
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I can’t find the Creator and i am mad about it because i wanna credit the one who made sure to put this for free.
I’ve found this website RetroPrint where they show the details of how you can make a Windows 95 customised theme on your phone (with over 800 icons app to choose from 27 of them are already made for the modern apps like netflix twitter etc - some graphics for the widgets too And 3 sounds.)
Jan 30, 2025
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The fact that i can stay in bed warm with my phone or laptop and music in the background as i watch my favourite movies/series/youtube vids with a warm tea is simple enough to make me grateful for wherever i am today.
Worrying about what I should wear to work is a beautiful thing because it’s a privilege that sadly some people can’t afford :(
Complaining about to cook is a beautiful thing because someone somewhere sadly can’t even afford/have access to a simple bread piece.
Literally feeling the warmth of the sun while standing waiting for the bus is a beautiful thing to cherish and be grateful for.
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If there is one style that literally calms me is stippling.
The endless dots, the slow process, the nuance effect, the final results.
I just love it and appreciate it even more when i spend hours/days to finish one.
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