1) A small note on a piece of paper indicating a debt owned, an I.O.U. From Hindi chitthi. 2) Spanish (esp. Mexican) parroting of "shit".
by LudwigVan November 14, 2003
1) In a natural state, pristine, unadulterated.
2) Not wearing clothes, nude.
3) Not wearing makeup, fresh-faced.
2) Not wearing clothes, nude.
3) Not wearing makeup, fresh-faced.
by LudwigVan April 11, 2005
by LudwigVan November 12, 2003
A layman's term for a consonant or vowel sound articulated in the throat (uvular, pharyngeal, glottal); also a language containing gutturals in its inventory.
Arabic is considered one of the most guttural languages (that's not to say it's ugly, however; it can be quite sexy actually), as it has seven guttural consonants, commonly transliterated as q, kh, gh, h-dot, reverse apostrophe, h and apostrophe (glottal stop). Among European languages, German and Dutch have both ch (= kh), r (= gh) and h; French also has a uvular r (= gh). Modern Greek has kh and gh, and Spanish has j (= kh).
The constructed language Klingon, from Star Trek, is intentionally very rough and guttural; it contains the sounds of Arabic kh, gh, q and glottal stop, along with an affricate qkh.
Arabic is considered one of the most guttural languages (that's not to say it's ugly, however; it can be quite sexy actually), as it has seven guttural consonants, commonly transliterated as q, kh, gh, h-dot, reverse apostrophe, h and apostrophe (glottal stop). Among European languages, German and Dutch have both ch (= kh), r (= gh) and h; French also has a uvular r (= gh). Modern Greek has kh and gh, and Spanish has j (= kh).
The constructed language Klingon, from Star Trek, is intentionally very rough and guttural; it contains the sounds of Arabic kh, gh, q and glottal stop, along with an affricate qkh.
She moaned something to her lover in some guttural language, either French or Arabic or a mixture of the two.
by LudwigVan February 22, 2004
An expression of regret over a goof: oops. From a 1970s TV commercial for Franco-American SpaghettiOs, a canned pasta dinner sometimes with meatballs or sliced frankfurters. Another Homer Simpson quote.
by LudwigVan November 13, 2003
by LudwigVan October 01, 2004
Named after Muhammad 'Abd ulWahhab, who sought to 'purify' Islam of all intellectual, philosophical and cultural elements he considered bid'ah (innovation); he promoted a literalist interpretation of the Qur'an and the Sunnah while rejecting the traditional schools of Sharia (jurisprudence). He also considered Shi'as and Sufis to be apostates.
by LudwigVan July 29, 2004