GREEK: Ζορμπά — Zorbas ‡
ITALIAN: Se questo e’ il nuovo libro di Umberto Eco, aspettero’ il film e saltero’ anche quello. ‡‡
TAGALAG: Puta Cleopatra! ‡‡‡
TAGALAG: jabba-hut ‡‡‡‡
‡ ) “Zorba” / “Zorbas” — to call a Greek “Zorba” (in ref. to either the Kazantzakis novel or the attendant movie featuring the eponymous Αλέξης Ζορμπάς — Alexix Zorbás) is perhaps not the most flattering of soubriquets (probably okay for a relative or friend — though these days a Greek would probably look at you a few seconds, & as the reference sunk in they might give you a “whatever-the-fuck” shrug) ;
‡‡ ) “If that's the latest Umberto Eco book, I'll wait for the movie & skip that, too.” ;
‡‡‡ ) “Fucking stinking Cleopatra bitch!” — i.e., that fucking bitch may think she’s a sex goddess, but she stinks like “Cleopatra”! [arguably still the reigning Golden Turkey of life-suckingly godawful box office flops ] ;
‡‡‡‡ ) “tubby” / “chubby” — i.e., as fat & gormless & globular as the giant worm / talking turd alien blackmarketeering-czar in the Star Wars movies ;
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.
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