Abbasid Dynasty

The dynasty of caliphs who governed the Islamic Empire from 750 until 1258 CE.

The Abbasid Dynasty was founded on two disaffected Islamic populations: non-Arabic Muslims and Shi'ites. For the most part, the Islamic impetus to the Abassid revolution lay in the secularism of the Umayyad caliphs. The Umayyads had always been outsiders—as a wealthy clan in Mecca, they had opposed Muhammad—and the secularism and sometime degeneracy that accompanied their caliphate delegitimized their rule for many devout Muslims. The Abassids took their name from al-'Abbas, a paternal uncle of Muhammad and early supporter of the Prophet. Their close kinship to Muhammad and the position of al-'Abbas as a Companion of the Prophet served them well in gaining support. As early as 718 AD, during the reign of Umar II, Muhammad ibn 'Ali, a great-grandson of al-'Abbas, began to proselytize in Persia to rally support for returning the caliphate to the family of the Prophet, the Hashimites.

by ♫ Highway to Hell ♫ August 9, 2010

Abba-Dabba

Derogatory term for a black man. As used like the word Sambo.

He's working like a abba-dabba

by barker6977 January 28, 2009

Abbadon

The Angel of Destruction. His vampire twin is Azrael the Angel of Death. Strongest vampires after the Uncorrupted.

Jack Force's true name is Abbadon.

by Ashley247 January 21, 2009

ABACAB

when the band Genesis was putting an album together in 1981 they took a series of musical notes located somewhere in a song (BACABA) and reversed it. The reversed notation became the new album's title. It was released that fall and hit the top 10 around the world. Hits from the album included "No Reply", the title track, "Man On the Corner" and "Keep It Dark", which is about an alien contact experience (honest!). The other tracks are really good as well. ABACAB's success showed that Genesis had become a major multi-platinum force for the new decade.

During the winter of 1982 the song 'ABACAB' scored on the charts. The title is pronounced "ah-buh-cab". So how do you write a song with that title? It's just a strange nonsence word, so it was used in a call and response method in the chorus. The rest of the lyrics make absolutely no sence whatsoever, the whole song's lyrics really add up to saying nothing. Still, that's much better than the cookie cutter manufactured method of songwriting used by so many people today (all this generic "baby baby baby" stuff - bleccch!). Yet the song is very tuneful, it's quite complex (this is Genesis, after all), and it became another huge hit for the band. Check out the entire album, it's really that good!

by I Saw U2 Live Twice February 28, 2009

abblack

to be attacked by an African-American person.

I was abblacked at my college in the city.

by Please B. Gentle January 26, 2008

ABBA

Swedish group most prominent throughout the Seventies. Consisted of Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad. Became famous after winning the Eurovision Song Contest. Songs are now used as the basis for the hit musical Mamma Mia! which has played to packed houses the world over. Most Yanks became aware of ABBA when they saw the film 'Muriel's Wedding' which proves that even in the Seventies, septics could not tell good music from the crap all over the radio. But that is another story.

ABBA Fan: 'You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen...'

Non-ABBA-Fan: ABBA SUCK! CHINGY* ROCKS!

ABBA Fan: 'Thank you for the music... the songs I'm singing...'

* You can substitute Chingy's name with that of any American artist on the radio today.

by Sonya September 23, 2004

ABBACADABBA

Spell out this secret scantron code to screw up the machine and make it spit out candy. It will give the person who entered the code at least a D on scanners built from 1965-1980 and at least a 81+ on scantron readers built through 2000.

guy 1: I totally bombed that test, how did you do?
guy 2: I'm a test wizard. I used a little ABBACADABBA and aced it.

by FalseFacts December 14, 2012