Shiite

More appropriately, Shi'a or Shi'i. The second largest sect of Islam, founded by followers of Ali, the fourth Sunni caliph (successor to Prophet Muhammad) who married the Prophet's daughter Fatima. About ten percent of the world's Muslims are Shi'a, and prefer to call themselves Ahl ul-Bayt (the 'People of the House', i.e. family of Muhammad). The largest Shi'a denomination believe in twelve imams, Ali being the first, and the last, al-Mahdi, is in hiding and expected to return to prepare for the second coming of Jesus Christ. The differences between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims have more to do with politics and culture than faith and religion.

Shi'ism is most prevalent on either side of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the modern nations of Iran and Iraq (more in the southern part of the latter). The Shi'as of Iraq suffered great persecution under the nominal Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein. Currently, a young Shi'a cleric, Moqtada al-Sadr, is leading a powerful resistance against the American and allied occupation forces from the holy city of Najaf.

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Jeezus

A corrupted spelling of Jesus, especially when used as a swear word.

Aw Jeezus, I pissed my shorts again.

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yes

1) An affirmative answer to a question, the opposite of no.
2) An expletive shouted out during an orgasm.
3) A British progressive rock (or art rock) group known for their hits "Roundabout" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart".
4) A brand of laundry detergent in the US.

1) Yes, I'm horny.
2) YES! YES! YES!
3) Let's listen to Yes.
4) I need to wash clothese, where's the Yes?

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kalb

Arabic for 'dog', a severe insult when applied to humans.

ibn kalb = son of a bitch

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suicide

1) The act of taking one's own life. 2) An ill-advised act causing irrevocable harm to one's reputation: political suicide, social suicide, intellectual suicide.

Comparing rape to bad traffic would be considered political suicide, especially considering women are consistently swing voters.

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klingon

An alien life form from the Star Trek books, television series and movies, origially the enemies of the Federation. Also the Klingon language, tlhIngan Hol, a constructed language (conlang) invented by Mark Okrand especially for the Star Trek movies of the 1980s and Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.

Qapla' is how you say "goodbye" (literally "success!") in Klingon.

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wat

Ethiopian stew containing vegetables, berbere (a very hot mixture of spices) and sometimes meat and/or boiled egg. Traditionally eaten with a pancake-like bread called injera, without a spoon or fork.

Doro wat is chicken stew, sega wat is lamb stew, and yemiser wat is lentil stew.

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