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Someone in another part of the world: Wish I could be a Sweet Hot Yam.
Sweet Hot Yams: Sorry... gotta live in the Portlandia area. You can however be an associate SHY... you can be a Mug Rug.
Someone: What the fug?
SHY: Fug yeah.
Sweet Hot Yams: Sorry... gotta live in the Portlandia area. You can however be an associate SHY... you can be a Mug Rug.
Someone: What the fug?
SHY: Fug yeah.
by SewInaPropriate/HappyZombie January 11, 2011
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An Arabic phrase used mainly in the Lebanon as a reaction when receiving news about a very bad incident (death, accident, ..), or as an exaggeration to a not-so-bad incident, like when kids break something or ruin the place.
It's usually used by mothers and elderly women.
Words used in phrase:
Sh'har: Is the black dirt one gets when s/he touches charcoal or the bottom of a dirty cooking pot or pan.
Mshahhar (mas.)/Mshahhara (fem.): Is a person whose face has been smudged with Sh'har (the black dirt)
Ya: O. Used in Arabic to call upon someone; e.g. O Man, where are you? O Alex, where did you hide my book?
So Yamshahhar, literally means "Oh you whose face is smudged with black dirt!"
Background:
In the old days, when someone passed away, his/her close relatives (especially women; mother, wife, sister..) would smear their face(s) with black dirt coming from charcoal or the bottom of cooking pots. This was to show extreme sadness about what had befallen them.
With time the phrase Yamshahhar/Yamshahhara became used to express extreme feelings of shock and sadness about a bad incident, though the act of smudging ones face stopped. Now, this phrase is usually used by the elderly, especially women, although most people who use it do not know the meaning of the words or why it is coined like this (like many idioms in Arabic and other languages).
It's usually used by mothers and elderly women.
Words used in phrase:
Sh'har: Is the black dirt one gets when s/he touches charcoal or the bottom of a dirty cooking pot or pan.
Mshahhar (mas.)/Mshahhara (fem.): Is a person whose face has been smudged with Sh'har (the black dirt)
Ya: O. Used in Arabic to call upon someone; e.g. O Man, where are you? O Alex, where did you hide my book?
So Yamshahhar, literally means "Oh you whose face is smudged with black dirt!"
Background:
In the old days, when someone passed away, his/her close relatives (especially women; mother, wife, sister..) would smear their face(s) with black dirt coming from charcoal or the bottom of cooking pots. This was to show extreme sadness about what had befallen them.
With time the phrase Yamshahhar/Yamshahhara became used to express extreme feelings of shock and sadness about a bad incident, though the act of smudging ones face stopped. Now, this phrase is usually used by the elderly, especially women, although most people who use it do not know the meaning of the words or why it is coined like this (like many idioms in Arabic and other languages).
A kid was in a car accident. His mum entered the hospital shouting: Yamshahhara
As the news arrived that the man passed away, his wife shouted: Yamshahhara
The kid arrived home with dirt all over his clothes. The mother said: Yamshahhar, what did you do?
The kid went to the shop an bought too many sweets. As he enters his home, his mother exclaims: Yamshahhar, why did you get all of that?
As their connecting flight was just cancelled. Mohammed asked George: Yamshahhar, what are we going to do now?
As the news arrived that the man passed away, his wife shouted: Yamshahhara
The kid arrived home with dirt all over his clothes. The mother said: Yamshahhar, what did you do?
The kid went to the shop an bought too many sweets. As he enters his home, his mother exclaims: Yamshahhar, why did you get all of that?
As their connecting flight was just cancelled. Mohammed asked George: Yamshahhar, what are we going to do now?
by AshDome July 31, 2019
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The Yamball holiday is observed by building a "yamball" out of a mixture of flour and canned sweet potatoes ("yams"). The ideal yamball has a playdough-like consistency and is slightly smaller than a junior basketball (~6 or 7 inches in diameter).
The yamball is then thrown back and forth by the celebrants until everyone is properly tired out, at which point there is a yamball "toss" which is performed much like an egg tossing contest (i.e. subsequent tosses must be from increasingly great distances).
The yamball is then retired to a front porch or other outdoor area. After a few days, if the Skunk King Wenceslaus is pleased with the yamball, He will leave gifts nearby for the children of the household.
Traditionally Yamball was also celebrated by holding a formal ball known as the "Yamball Gambol" but this is seldom practiced in modern times.
Yamball is now often used as an occasion to exchange gifts with friends who have spent the December holiday season apart due to family obligations.
The Yamball holiday is observed by building a "yamball" out of a mixture of flour and canned sweet potatoes ("yams"). The ideal yamball has a playdough-like consistency and is slightly smaller than a junior basketball (~6 or 7 inches in diameter).
The yamball is then thrown back and forth by the celebrants until everyone is properly tired out, at which point there is a yamball "toss" which is performed much like an egg tossing contest (i.e. subsequent tosses must be from increasingly great distances).
The yamball is then retired to a front porch or other outdoor area. After a few days, if the Skunk King Wenceslaus is pleased with the yamball, He will leave gifts nearby for the children of the household.
Traditionally Yamball was also celebrated by holding a formal ball known as the "Yamball Gambol" but this is seldom practiced in modern times.
Yamball is now often used as an occasion to exchange gifts with friends who have spent the December holiday season apart due to family obligations.
Tom: "Hey what did you get Harry for yamball this year?"
Dick: "I couldn't think of anything so I just got him more yams =/"
Dick: "I couldn't think of anything so I just got him more yams =/"
by Wenceslaus January 7, 2009
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