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backscatter712

(26,357 posts) Sun Nov 15, 2015, 07:58 PM Nov 2015

Who else has taken to referring to ISIS/ISIL as Daesh? They hate being called Daesh. [View all]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/09/words-matter-isis-war-use-daesh/V85GYEuasEEJgrUun0dMUP/story.html?event=event25%3Fevent%3Devent25

TL/DR: "Daesh" is the Arabic letter acronym of the Arabic words that mean "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" - it literally means ISIS or ISIL. However, there are connotations in Arabic - Daesh is one letter from an Arabic word that means "to trample". Also, acronyms aren't really a thing in Arabic cultures like they are here in the West, so to use an acronym instead of saying the name out is diminishing and insulting. So it's like calling the United States "Murica". Except we have a sense of humor about it.

Besides, totalitarians get butthurt and apeshit when they're mocked. They've literally threatened to cut the tongues out of anyone that says "Daesh".

So I'm calling the head-choppers Daesh.

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Who else has taken to referring to ISIS/ISIL as Daesh? They hate being called Daesh. [View all] backscatter712 Nov 2015 OP

Sounds good to me. msrizzo Nov 2015 #1

"Dah-esh". Or something close. backscatter712 Nov 2015 #2

Well I guess if I say Dahesh msrizzo Nov 2015 #3

Well, that works for me. Tipperary Nov 2015 #4

If MSM would do this it would be great psi ops Kalidurga Nov 2015 #5

I heard it used yesterday on MSM. RKP5637 Nov 2015 #8

Good I will have a hard time remembering the new name unless Kalidurga Nov 2015 #12

Yeah I noticed that flamingdem Nov 2015 #21

Was wondering where this was coming from. joshcryer Nov 2015 #6

John Kerry calls them Daesh. ISIS name elevates.. YvonneCa Nov 2015 #11

Are there many ISIS folk in yer neck of the woods to offend? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #7

Doesn't hurt to spread the meme. n/t backscatter712 Nov 2015 #9

Frankly, If I were a terrorist, I would have other things on my mind R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #13

shouldn't that be spelled douche? 2pooped2pop Nov 2015 #10

We have a winner shenmue Nov 2015 #18

Daesh, IIRC, also rhymes with ja-hish, which means donkey or ass in Arabic. backscatter712 Nov 2015 #20

Read about this yesterday. Anything to offend them sounds good to me, though when I usually talk Waldorf Nov 2015 #14

Me! Fsck Daesh sideways with this! KamaAina Nov 2015 #15

My Iraqi American friends call them that Dragonfli Nov 2015 #16

Have been from the start Scootaloo Nov 2015 #17

Pronunciation StrayKat Nov 2015 #19

They don't care. linuxman Nov 2015 #22

They have literally threatened to cut the tongues out of anyone that calls them Daesh... backscatter712 Nov 2015 #23

No, linuxman Nov 2015 #24

These are people who go into murderous rampage mode over "blasphemous" cartoons. Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #26

Well I guess everyone is really showing them. linuxman Nov 2015 #27

Are they? Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #28

ISIS will be gone soon. Kablooie Nov 2015 #25

The Kurds have been calling them that, as well. Blue_In_AK Nov 2015 #29