wed., 13 dec., 2023: (another catalunya) countdown 2 xmas, xiii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

[NOTE: these terms are weaponized language, & meant to give offense. Which is the whole & compleat & total & entire point of insult & invective, obscenity & blasphemy, & other political speech.]

CATALAN:   ¡Mira el caganatio!     ‡‡

            

‡‡)  “Look at the shitting log!”

NOTE:  Not an insult if pointing at a Catalunya Xmas display.  (However,  if pointing at a specific person... If the foo shits,  wear it, as the saying goes.)   El Caganatio  =   Lit.,  “The shitting log...”  —  (El) Caganatio is another Catalunya Cath. Xmas trad.  A log with a face carved or painted on it is swathed in a blanket.  On Xmas eve the children shout at & abuse the log,  exhorting the log to shit their Xmas treats;  when the blanket is removed the Xmas treats are found,  treats obligingly shat out by the coprocopia known as (El) Caganatio.

        

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