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Literally: Homebody

Someone who prefers to stay at home, leaving mostly when it's necessary.

Added on June 14, 2023

Literally: The grave of life

Slang for housing that typically doesn't involve paying rent. In this idiom, housing is likened to a grave because it's where we reside after passing. This makes graves the housing of the dead, and similarly, it makes housing the grave of the living.

Added on April 18, 2023

Literally: Deep

A pejorative term to describe someone who tries too hard to sound deep.

Closest English equivalent: pseudo-intellectual.

Hamza 3ami9, kaytmazzak ghir l metal

Hamza is deep, he only listens to metal

Added on January 10, 2023

Literally: Gloves

Slang for boxing. Originates from "les gants", which is French for "gloves". Someone who does lliga is someone who trains in boxing, since boxers wear gloves.

Added on November 25, 2022

Literally: Pinch the wall

Slang for retrieving cash from an ATM

Added on October 8, 2022

Literally: A put

Slang for clothes, especially stylish ones.

Added on September 24, 2022

Literally: A fattened one, or one that is made with smen

Msemna is the singular form of msmen, a Moroccan dish that looks like a flat square pancake. Figuratively, it also means a slap to the face.

Added on February 14, 2021

Literally: The kind mother.

A euphemism used to describe universities (facultés) in Morocco. As opposed to higher education schools and institutes, Moroccan universities don't generally have special admission requirements other than a high school graduation diploma (baccalauréat). This has been likened to the unconditional love of a kind mother because it loves its children regardless of their shortcomings. Synonyms include but are not limited to : la fac (sometimes spelled "la fuck"), lkollia

Added on January 21, 2021

Literally: Les é

Short for "les écouteurs", meaning "earphones". Sometimes the plural form "lliziat" is used instead of the singular form. Since "llizi" is itself a plural, this essentially makes "lliziat" the plural of a plural.

Added on January 14, 2021

Literally: It whistles

It is said about a place that is empty.

Added on December 26, 2020