tues., 7 may, 2013: romany words of caution, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

     

ROMANY GYPSY:  Gel... / Gel on... ‡

 ‡ )  (1)  [To] split  /  [To] get out of Dodge  /  [To] get the fuck away  =  i.e.,  “Fuck off...” ;  (2)  sometimes used to advise someone to “Fuck off...”  —  esp. if the Gavvers are on their way  — & in that case they are doing you a mitzvah ;  (3) or maybe you’re really pissing them off ;  NOTE: idiom used in S.E. England  [Urban dictionary]

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mon., 6 may, 2013: wolof street diplomacy, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

WOLOF:  Sai Sai...   ‡

  ‡ )   Lit., “That crafty little bugger...”  =  i.e.,   polite euphemism for AIDS/HIV in Dakar’s poorer neighborhoods   [ NOTE: Wolof is a maj. lang. of Senegal, Gambia, & Mauritania;  Wolof is part of the Sene-gambian branch of the Niger-Congo Lang. family;  unlike most Sub-Saharan African langs. & dials., Wolof is NOT a tonal lang. ]

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& sun., 5 may, 2013: pobre cinco de mayo, ii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

           

SPANISH:  “¡Pobre Mexico!  ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

SPANISH:  “Pax Porfiana” ‡‡

SPANISH:  “Pan o palo” ‡‡‡

SPANISH:  Remoja la bandera con heroina y yo lo chupo. ‡‡‡‡

       ‡ ) “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz, who had participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz, & who served as “President” of Mexico from 1876 to 1911  (with a brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884, when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption,  & by selling off everything to foreign corporations,  esp. mining & agri-business concerns.  In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to expile in Spain.   After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized ; 

      ‡‡ )  “Porfiana Peace”  —  a period in Mexican history  (1876—1911)  marked by Porfirio Diaz’ rule, where a surface stability, modernization & economic growth was made possible by political repression & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-business concerns.  In 1911 the shit hit the fan with the Mexican Revolution & Diaz slithered off to exile in Spain  ;

    ‡‡‡ )  “Bread or the stick”   —    Porfirio Diaz’ strategy of offering problematic politicians or generals 2 options:  cushy & obscenely-salaried sinecures,   or a blindfold & a last cigarette & a firing squad.   (Diaz is said to have commented that a dog with a bone would neither bite or bark.) ;

   ‡‡‡‡ )  “Immerse the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it.”   /   “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it.”   —   attrib. to a famous former Commisssioner of Sewers  

 

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sat., 4 may, 2013: pobre cinco de mayo, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

                   

SPANISH:  “¡Pobre Mexico!  ¡Tan lejos de Dios y tan cerca de los Estados Unidos!”   ‡

       ‡ )  “Poor Mexico! So far from God and so close to the United States!” —  attrib. to Porfirio Diaz, who had participated in the routing of the French at Veracruz, & who served as “President” of Mexico from 1876 to 1911  (with a brief periods, 1876, & again 1880 — 1884, when fuck-puppets Juan Méndez & Manuel González respectively served as interim presidents) ;  Diaz’s presidency was marked by a surface stability (modernization & economic growth) made possible by political repression, graft & corruption, & by selling off everything to foreign corporations, esp. mining & agri-business concerns. In 1911 Diaz was kicked out on his arse during the Mexican Revolution;  he slithered off to exile in Spain.  After the Mexican revolution many industries were nationalized. 

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sat., 4 may, 2013: a polish blasphomet, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

                     

POLISH:  Jezu Kurwa mac!   ‡‡

‡‡ )  “For Jesus’ fuck’s sake!” [NOTE: Quite ungrammatical & borderline Tourettes, but most effective as both blasphemy & F-bomb — 2 offenses in one somehow give 3 times the satisfaction, at least for the offender ;  & the offendee has the passive-aggressive satisfaction of maintaining status as a member of the permanently-offended class]

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fri., 3 may, 2013, brazilian hypocratic oaths, ix.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

   

BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE:   Hospital pilantrópico   ‡‡

   ‡‡ )   Lit., “Philanthropic hospital”  =  ironic or sarcastic term to describe an ostensible or professed charitable hospital where profits actually far outweigh any charitable or philanthropic mission

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wed., 1 may, 2013, & thurs., 2 may, 2013: may day! may day!, ii. & iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

       

FRENCH:    “T. F. P. / Travail, Famille, Patrie”  §

FRENCH:  “Révolution c’est l’ opium des intellectuelles...” §§

GERMAN:   Ostalgia / Ostalgie   §§§

RUSSIAN: Демократия   —   Dermokratiya  §§§§

RUSSIAN:  “промочи флаг героином и я поссосу!” — “Promoči flag geroinom i ya possosu!” §§§§§

§ )   “Work, Family, Fatherland”  —  Nat’l motto of the Vichy Regime, the fuck-puppet govt. of the Nazi occupation ;

§§ )   “Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals...”  —  Popular Post-May ’68 Situationist graffito that sprayed its way across European & US campuses, found its way into Lindsay Anderson’s O LUCKY MAN!  ;

§§§ )  “Nostalgia [for the former Communist Eastern Bloc & its safety net]” — [formerly Eastern] Germ. pun & neologism; Etym., Germ, Ost = East [as in Cold War Eastern Europe & Soviet Russia] + (die) Nostalgie = nostalgia ;

See also “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Pete Townshend), fr. Who’s Next, MCA records... [“...Meet the New Boss...same as the Old Boss...” ] ;

See also < http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-07-13/art/ostalgia-new-museum-a-walk-around-the-bloc/ >  ;

 §§§§ )   “Crapocracy” / “Shitocracy”  — the post-glastnost world that Yeltsin & Putin have presided over & bequeathed to the Russian peoples ;

§§§§§ )   “Soak the flag in heroin & I'll suck on it!” — attrib. to a famous former Commisssioner of Sewers  

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