Monday, November 28, 2011

mon., 28 nov., tues. 29 nov., wed., 30 nov., sun., post-angstgiving sobriquets: give us This Day our Daily Curse


DAKOTA:  Wasicu   ++
NAVAJO:   Belliganna  +++
YUP´IK (INUIT):  Qussak  ++++

   ++ )  lit., “[one] who takes the fat”   Dakota term for the invading white people ;
  +++ )  Navajo term for the invading white people, possibly corruption of Spanish “Americano” ;
++++ )  lit., “Cassock”    Yup´ik (Inuit) term for the Russian invaders...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011

thurs., 24 nov., fr. 25 nov., sat., 26 nov., sun., 27 nov., 2011, quechua takes on angstgiving’s legacy: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
QUECHUA:  pukakunka   ++
QUECHUA: "¡Manañam kunanmanta wakchakayniykiwan wiraqocha mikhunqañachu¡" +++

++ )  lit., “redneck”   Inca term for the Castilian Spaniards, dating fr. late 17th. & 18th. c. insurgencies.
+++ )  “From now on, no more shall Spaniards feast on our poverty!” — attributed to Inca Tuba Amaru II, who ran an Inca state in the remote Andes, fr. which he declared war on the occupying Spaniards — speech circa 1780.
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Monday, November 21, 2011

mon., 21 nov., tues., 22 nov., wed., 23 nov., 2011, a pre-angstgiving nahuatl/aztec soubriquet for conquistadores (& their descendents): give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
NAHUATL:   Gachupin!  (sing.)  /  Gachupines! (pl.)  §
SPANISH / NAHUATL:   ¡Pinchí gachupin!  (sing.)  /  ¡Pinchí Gachupines!   (pl.)   §§
SPANISH / NAHUATL:   ¡A la chingada infierno con el pinchí gachupin!  (sing.) / ¡A la chingada infierno con los pinchí Gachupines! (pl.)    §§§

       § )  gachupin / gachupines — nahuatl [aztec] sobriquet for their conquistador saviors, very popular in the 19th. c. & early 20th. c., during wars of independence & revolutions, & still occasionally used against snotty Spaniards who claim to have no Indio in their lineage — indeed the gachupin is so beloved by the nahuatl that they frequently add a jocose “death to” or a just-joshing “to hell with” or an ironic “fucking” to make the terms of their affection perfectly clear — any brandished guns or machetes are also intended ironicall, & any injury or death of a gachupin are an unfortunate accident or mishap ;  Etym., Nahuatl, cactli = any sandal, shoe or footwear ; Span., chapín = conquistadores' high heel boots  ;
     §§ )   “Fucking high-and-mighty gachupin Spaniard!” /  “Fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniards!” ;
§§§ )   “To fucking hell with that fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniard!”  /  “To fucking hell with those fucking high-&-mighty gachupin Spaniards!”
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Saturday, November 19, 2011

sat., 12 nov., & sun., 13 nov., 2011, another greek blasphomet: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
GREEK:   ψυχοτραγόυρος  —  psykhotraghópouros    +++


+++ )  lit., “priest’s soul” — active athletics-, or football, coach, all-around-pederast, & possible pædofile; etym., Grk., ψυχ    psykhí = soul, psyche, πνεομα — pneuma; τραγόυρος    traghópouros = “old goat”, in ref. to priest’s long & probably unkempt beard.
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Friday, November 18, 2011

fri., 18 nov., 2011, meet yr neü german supervisor: give us This Day our Daily Curse


GERMAN:   Drecksau!  /  Dreckskerl!   +

  + )    “Filthy bastard swine!”   /   “Shite-heel bastard swine!”
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Thursday, November 17, 2011

thurs., 17 nov., 2011, what’s greek for headbanger?: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GREEK: δείμεταλλαρας – hevímetallaras   ‡

 ‡ )  Headbanger, long-haired metal-head, heavy metal fanatic & probably a god damn Pommie-Brit soccer hooligan wastoid junkie slacker to boot... 
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

2011, russian notes on karma, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
RUSSIAN:  Чернобыльской  — Chernobihl´skoy  /  Черно́быльская  — Chernóbihl´skaya   

 ‡ )  Chernobyl = Lit., “Wormwood” 
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

tues., 15 nov., 2011, belarus notes on karma, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BELARUSIAN: Чарнобыльскай – Charnobylskai / Charnobylskay ‡

‡ ) Chernobyl = Lit., “Wormwood”
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Monday, November 14, 2011

mon., 14 nov., 2011, ukrainian notes on karma, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse


UKRAINIAN:
Чорнобильська – Chornobyl´s´ka ‡

‡ ) Chernobyl = Lit., “Wormwood”
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Sunday, November 13, 2011

sat., 12 nov., & sun., 13 nov., 2011, a greek blasphomet: give us This Day our Daily Curse


GREEk:    Γαμα Σταβρος σοω.    Gama stavros sou.    +++


+++ )  “I fucked yr cross.”  [the “Γ—G” on “Γαμα —  Gama” is soft.]
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Friday, November 11, 2011

fri., 11 nov., 2011, japanese notes on irony, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  福島 — Fukushima ‡

‡ )   Lit., “Good-Fortune Island” or “Fortunate Island”
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

thurs., 10 nov, 2011, meet yr russian co-worker: give us This Day our Daily Curse

  
RUSSIAN:  филон    filon   
RUSSIAN:  филонть    filonit´   ‡‡

         )    “lazy-arse lug”  /  “lazy-ass lug”  ;
 ‡‡  )    “looking occupied or busy at work whilst doing fuck-all”  ;
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

wed., 9 nov, 2011, meet yr spanish-speaking supervisor: give us This Day our Daily Curse


SPANISH:  flojo  (m)  /  floja  (f)  

         )    “lazy-arse slacker”  /  “lazy-ass slacker”
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011

tues., 8 nov, 2011, all in a french family?: give us This Day our Daily Curse


FRENCH:  Tu est fils de péde et de pute.  
FRENCH:  Tu est fils de péde et de gouine.   ‡‡

         )      “Yr father’s a faggot son of a bitch.”  ;
     ‡‡  )      “Yr father’s a faggot son of a lesbo.”  /  “Yr father’s a faggot son of a dyke.”
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Monday, November 7, 2011

mon., 7 nov., 2011, a turkish gentleman?: give us This Day our Daily Curse


TURKISH:   boynuzlu  +
TURKISH:   boynuzlanan erkek   ++

   + )  cuckold ;    
++ )   cuckolded man.
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

sat., 5 nov., & sun., 6 nov., 2011, a catalan celestial deluge: give us This Day our Daily Curse

  
CATALAN: Plogués tant que l’aigua arribés al cel i els peixos piquessin els collons de Sant Pere, pensant-se que són molles de pa.   +++


+++ )  “I wish it rained so much that the waters flooded heaven & the fish bit Saint Peter’s balls, thinking they’re bread crumbs.”  /  “I wish it rained so much that the waters flooded heaven & the fish bit Saint Peter’s bollocks, thinking they’re bread crumbs.”
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Thursday, November 3, 2011

thurs., 3 nov., & fri., 4 nov. 2011, swahili words of prophets are written on lavaloo walls: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
SWAHILI: Nenda kutomba. Nakata tatu. *   
SWAHILI: Asiyeweza kunya portini hana uhuru dunaiani. **  

     * )   “[Go] Fuck Yourself. In triplicate.”  — Swahili enconium, found at times on lavaloo walls ;
  ** )   “He who cannot shit in the woods have no freedom on earth.” / “Those who can’t shit in the veldt have no earthly freedom.”   — Swahili proverb [& per J. B. Rubin, in 12th. St. no. 3, a sign on a lavaloo wall...]
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011

tues., 1 nov., & wed., 2 nov., 2011, what not to say in a mexican graveyard on the day of the dead: give us This Day our Daily Curse

 
SPANISH: Chinga tus muertos. / Friega tus muertos. *   

     * )   “Fuck yr dead.”  — perhaps not the aptest thing said during a family Dia de los muertos graveside gathering   
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