mon., 30 june, 2014: argentine staycation, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:  ¿Dónde estan los forros?    ‡

‡ )   “Where’re the condoms?”   

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sat., 28 june, 2014: & sun., 29 june, 2014: a croatian blasphomet, give us This Day our Daily Curse

CROATIAN:  Jebem ti Isusa...  ‡

  ‡ )   “I fuck yr Jesus...”

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mon., 23, june, & tues., 24, june, & wed., 25 june, & thurs., 26 june, & fri., 27 june, 2014: [5-day] italian al dente, vii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  Figlio di puttana... (m.)    ‡‡

 ‡‡  ) “Son of a bitch...”  / “Son of a whore...” 

[NOTE: We’re putting the new GobQ issue together, & have a couple of other editorial deadlines, hence, the multiple-day & late entries. We’ll be back on schedule in July]

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fri., 20 june, 2014, & sat, 21 june, 2014, & sun., 22 june, 2014: the dutch of human kindness, viii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

DUTCH:  Alles ging naar de pleuris...  /  Alles ging naar de pleuritis...   ‡

   ‡)  Lit., “Everything’s gone to tuberculosis...”   =   “Everything’s gone to shite...”  /  “Everything’s gone to shit...”   

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thurs. 19 june, 2014: japanese slackerdom, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  ろくすっぽ / ろくすっぽ  — rokusuppo  §

 §  )   Anything done by ½- ... : ½-cocked; ½-baked; ½-arsed...

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wed.,18 june, 2014: towards a new s. african literary criticism, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

AFRIKAANS:  As dit die nuutste J.K. Rowling boek is sale k wag vir die fliek, en dot ook mis’.  ‡‡

  ‡‡ )  “If that's the latest J.K. Rowling book, I’ll wait for the movie & skip that, too.”  [NOTE: we’d never skip a new Rowling, so lighten up, it’s a joke, & don’t automatically take offense... that is, unless you want to take offense.]

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tues., 17 june, 2014: russian pricking orders, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

RUSSIAN:   эвфем — ébefem   ‡

RUSSIAN:   амортизатор   — amortizator   ‡

‡  )  Lit., “shock absorber” =   i.e.,  condom,  rubber,   “French letter” 

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mon., 16 june, 2014: norwegian drink & field guide, vi: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NORWEGIAN:  kanon / kanon full  ‡

   ‡ )  Very drunk;  fucking drunk

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& sunday, 15 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:   Sempre ateo grazia a Dio.   §

SPANISH:  ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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sat., 14 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:   Sempre ateo grazia a Dio.   §

SPANISH:  ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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fri., 13 june, 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, xviii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Trambiclínica  ‡

   ‡)  Lit., “fraudulent clinic”  =  clinic staffed entirely by medical students so as to maximize profits

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thurs., 12 june, 2014: italian al dente, vi.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

ITALIAN:  Fighetta...  (f.)  ‡‡

‡‡) Lit.,  Cute pussy...  / Pretty pussy...  =   i.e.,  a hottie;  a pretty woman ;  a sexy babe

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wed., 11 june, 2014: the dutch of human kindness, vii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

DUTCH: Krijg de tiefttering!   ‡

   ‡ )  “Catch the typhoid tuberculosis!”

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tues., 10 june, 2014: brazilian social justice, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Leis para inglês ver...  ‡‡

‡‡ )   “Just for show for the English...”  =  a Brazilian aphorism used by graffiti muralist Paulo Ito to refer to the billions & billions of dollars being spent by the Brazilian on the forthcoming World Cup, & after that, the Olympics, while making deep cuts in programs to fight poverty & dislocating thousands of residents from the stadium sites, all of this galvanizing the Brazilian public, resulting in protests & riots, & esp. to the very weak gestures the govt. has made in response to the protests; Paulo Ito has tapped into the zeitgeist with a mural most recently captured in mural by Paulo Ito, adorning the front doors of a São Paulo schoolhouse, a mural depicting a starving Brazilian child of the favela w/ nothing but a soccer ball on his plate, & virally-replicated on social & a-social media all over the world, web media & television — whether left- or right-wing... 

http://www.topix.com/br/sao-paulo/2014/05/mural-of-starving-brazilian-child-eating-a-soccer-ball-goes-viral

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mon, 9 june, 2014: argentine staycation, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:  ¿Dónde esta el telo?    ‡

‡ )   “Where’s the [nearest Love] Hotel?”... NOTE: “Telo” —  in Argentina’s equivalent to the French street argot called Verlan — refers to Buenos Aires’ version of Japanese love hotels,  w/ rooms rented by the hour for morning or noon or afternoon delight ;  Argentina,  as Japan,  has a premium on living space... & w/ 20-somethings often still living w/ their parents,  a “Telo” is preferable to the back seat of a car. 

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sat., 7 june, 2014, & sun., 8 june, 2014: a perversely catholic declaration of faith, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

SPANISH:   ¡Gracias a Dios que soy ateo!   §

 § ) “Thank God I’m an atheist!” — attributed to Spanish surrealist & filmmaker Luis Buñuel 

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fri., 6 june, 2014: a japanese stayacation, iii (or, why don’t we do it in the rōdo...?): give us This Day our Daily Curse

JAPANESE:  ろーどしょ /  ロードショー  =  rōdo shō  §

  §)  Sex acts performed in public-&/or-privatized spaces: office cubicle, cinema, museum, cemetery, bus, tram, train, in wooded area or park, playground, beach, public loo; in semi-private space: (in a) parked car (sometimes parked in a carpark), back seat of a taxicab, a front yard or back yard with no or little fencing, in a living room or den or bedroom looking out onto the front street or out to neighbors, with the curtains opened wide

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thurs., 5 june, 2014: notes on french pop music, vi., give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH:  C’est le nouvel album de Daft Punk ou encore un pet du chien de ta grand-mère?   ‡

‡)  “Is that the new Daft Punk album or is yr grandmother’s dog farting again?”  —   (Fr. transl. courtesy of J.H.)

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wed., 4 june, 2014: norwegian drink & field guide, v: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NORWEGIAN:  Ferske   ‡

 ‡ )  (To) catch anyone in the act doing petty criminal deeds, or (to) catch anyone doing something really fucking  idiotic

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tues., 3 june, 2014: brazilian hypocratic oaths, xix.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:  Trubufu    ‡

‡)   Lit. “ugly & fat black woman...”  =  Afro-Brazilian obstetric patient   [Not usually considered particularly racist in Brazil,  where a vast majority, 70—75%,  of the population is mulatto...  the operative insults here are “ugly & fat”... ]

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mon., 2 june, 2014: give it to der Junge, or deutschland unter alles, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN:  der Warmer Bruder...  ‡

   ‡ )  Lit., “Warm Brother...”  / “The Warm Brother...”  =  i.e.,  gay man;  homosexual  —  may be used affectionately,  ironically,  or pejoratively;  or on a cold, cold night

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& sun., 1 june, 2014: maltese political science, iv.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

MALTESE: Imbullek fuq liba vatikan!    ‡

MALTESE:  Qisek “Imbullek  fuq liba vatikan”?!?!   ‡‡

  ‡ )  “I piss on the Vatican!”

‡‡ )  [Don’t be particularly surprised if a devout Catholic pers. with fascistic tendencies who’s just finished aiding & abetting a child molestation replies to the above with...: ] “What’s with all this ‘I piss on the Vatican’?!”

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