Iraqi Terminology

Hi everyone,

An Iraqi website, wrote the words that are most commonly-used either by Iraqis, or by those talking about Iraq, and they are as follows:

- electricity,
- generator,
- went off,
- went on,
- occupation,
- no water,
- traffic jam,
- elections,
- list,
- 555 (= one electoral list),
- 618 (= another electoral list),
- 731 (= a third electoral list),
- results,
- burglar,
- 20 liters,
- 20 grand (US$ of course),
- ration,
- fight (n.),
- died,
- kidnapped,
- assassinated,
- Iranian,
- rocket-propelled,
- hummer (=humvee),
- American(s),
- constitution,
- yes,
- no,
- hocus-pocus,
- wedding parade,
- mourning ceremony,
- federalism,
- account balance (re: mobile phones),
- no network (re: mobile phones too),
- bear (= Nokia 6600 device),
- brick (= Nokia 3310 device),
- bodyguard, - police,
- National Guards,
- manifest (= post-war imported cars),
- benzene,
- gas,
- arrest,
- arrested (v. & adj.),
- may he rest in peace,
- explosion,
- poor guy,
- Sayyid (Shiite religious man),
- Sheikh (Sunni religious man),
- suicidal,
- check point,
- they (it could mean anybody),
- allas (spying for insurgents),
- spy (spying for the army),
And finally, the famous: - shaku maku?! which is equivalent to Bugs Bunny's "what's up doc"... the accompanying carrot is optional...

We live in a Democracy now, remember?!

Talk to you soon, if nothing happens!