Three of us contributed to this quick reference dictionary of the current Lebanese language. It is not an exhaustive record of all the words in the language. And the definitions of each word are not exhaustive either:
ARAB
Non-Lebanese. The sweeping majority of the Lebanese are of Phoenician origin
FRANCE
-- Clumsy
-- America’s caretaker
-- No long the Mother of some of the Lebanese
GOVERNMENT
-- Ruler of the ungoverned
-- Permanently temporary
NATIONAL ACCORD
-- What marriage does to love
-- A beautiful expression, comparable to a currency without gold cover
-- Another stage, after destruction is over
NIGHT
Thugs field day
NORTH
Sans South
PALESTINIANS
-- Mother of all problems
-- To stay or not to stay; that is the question
PARLIAMENT
-- Tower of Babel
-- Better one of sorts than not at all
-- A sectarian conference
PATRIOTISM
The magic word that enables anyone to do anything with impunity
PETRODOLLARS
-- Arab wealth spent by others
-- Smell, all you want, but don’t taste
POLICE
Line out of order. Call later
Government employee in uniform
SECURITY
Impossible dream
True Lebanese miracle refusing to happen
SYRIA
Godfather
TOURISM
-- A major source of revenue for Lebanon
-- The Lebanese state’s bad homework
UNITY
“Parole, Parole!”
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