2015年11月24日 星期二

informality, caliphate, bacon lube, worse off


Civil wars are devouring Syria, Iraq and Libya. Black-robed jihadists from Islamic State have carved out a caliphate. Peace may not return to the Middle East for a generation. The idea has taken root that America no longer has what it takes to run the Middle East. That it ever could was an illusion. But America still has a vital part to play. If it continues to stand back, everyone will be worse off—including Americans http://econ.st/1dSfeCN


IN THE mid-1990s a celebrated Syrian playwright captured the anguish of living under an Arab autocrat with the lament, “We are condemned to hope.” Almost 20...
ECON.ST



It is thought that around 10-15% of the Westerners who have gone to Syria and Iraq to join Islamic State (IS) are women. As in the past, most are following their men, but many are single—a new trend. By establishing a caliphate, IS, unlike previous jihadist groups, is attempting to build a state, which has opened up roles for women. Fighting, though, is off-limits. If women cannot fight in Syria, why do they choose to go? http://econ.st/1AvyCIN

Chancellor Merkel.” Certainly not “Angela.” 

How informality hurts us.



"My jaw hit the floor when I read the president referring to the chancellor, Angela Merkel, as “Angela.”"
WASHINGTONPOST.COM


ISIS Displays Sophisticated Command of Varied Media

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria is using every contemporary mode of messaging to recruit fighters, intimidate enemies and promote its claim to have established a caliphate.

Western pundits and nostalgic Muslim thinkers alike have built up a narrative of the caliphate as an enduring institution. But the caliphate is better described as a political fantasy that contemporary Islamists are largely making up as they go along: http://ow.ly/UZjPy


Western pundits and nostalgic Muslim thinkers alike have built up a narrative of the caliphate as an enduring institution, central to Islam and...
FOREIGNAFFAIRS.COM



caliph

Line breaks: ca¦liph
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪlɪf, ˈka-/

NOUN



HISTORICAL
The chief Muslim civil and religious ruler, regarded as the successor of Muhammad. The caliph ruled in Baghdad until 1258 and then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest of 1517; the title was then held by the Ottoman sultans until it was abolished in 1924 by Atatürk.
Origin
late Middle English: from Old French caliphe, from Arabic ḵalīfa meaning 'deputy (of God') (from the titleḵalīfat Allāh), or meaning 'successor (of Muhammad)' (from the title ḵalīfat rasūl Allāh 'of the Messenger of God)', from ḵalafa 'succeed'.



caliphateLine breaks: ca¦liph|ate
Pronunciation: /ˈkalɪfeɪt/
 /ˈkeɪlɪfeɪt/




Definition of caliphate in English:

noun

chiefly historical
1The rule or reign of a caliph or chief Muslim ruler:the Umayyad caliphate in Damascus was overthrownby the Abbasids
1.1The area ruled by a caliph:Cordoba was the thriving capital of the Caliphate ofCordoba that governed almost all of the Iberian peninsula

Origin

Early 17th century: from caliph + -ate1.

There's even bacon lube.
Lube and coffins, for example.
TIME.COM








lube

Line breaks: lube

INFORMAL




NOUN

1A lubricant:a wide variety of lubes and waxes
1.1
[MASS NOUN] Lubrication.
1.2
US & Australian An oil change for a vehicle.

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]
Lubricate (something):lube the hinge with some oil
Origin
1930s: abbreviation.
[名][U]
1 ((略式))潤滑油(lubricant).
2 ((米俗))バター.


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