10 Words That Should Be in Egypt's Urban Dictonary
We look at a few of the uniquely Egyptian slang words that litter our lexicon, complete with definitions. Which are your favourites?
If you are Egyptian, then you are very well aware that a lot of the Arabic that gets spoken in the streets aren't actually Arabic words but express exactly what needs to be said. We have compiled a list of our favourites. We know we have missed alot of them, however, that's were you come in, Cairo. Follow the format we have used and add your favourite non-sensical Egyptian words below in the comments section.
Sees
noun
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A wuss
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A weakling
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A wimp
ex. Don't worry about that guy with the superman T-shirt, he's a total Sees.
Tary or Nity
noun
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A person that cries readily for little to no reason
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A person that whines and complains too much.
ex. Christiano Ronaldo is tary, but the whole Italian football team are total nitys.
Da-Jen
verb
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The act of disc jockeying.
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A DJ in the process of mixing.
ex. DJ Basterma fire beyDa-Jen Techno and only Techno.
Fokak
verb
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"Forget about it"
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To intentionally neglect something
ex. Fokak, she isn't pregnant so why are you worrying?
Iftakasa
noun
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A person who tells lies
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Bullshit
ex. That reports is an iftakasa, Egypt is not the worse place for expats.
Borotta
noun
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A total Mama's boy
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Somone who is extremely lazy
ex. That Borotta doesn't have any drugs. That Borotta doesn't even have a job.
Zebilliar
adjective
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A slang term expressing a very long time
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A billion dicks
ex. My Big Mac took a zebilliar hours to get here.
Hatya
noun
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A human doormat
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An idiot
ex. There is no point in dealing with him, he is a hatya.
Sika
adjective
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a little
ex. Turn up that 100Copies compilation sika.
Suttub, Sayev, Farmat, Dalit
verbs
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Various computer terms that have been turned into bastardised Arabic.
ex. After farmatting my computer, the suttub dalit what I thought I sayeved.
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