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
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) “Zorba” / “Zorbas” — to call a Greek “Zorba” (in ref. to either the Kazantzakis novel
or the attendant movie featuring the eponymous scoundrel, philosopher-king
& bullshit artiste 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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