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

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 09:55 PM

Nov 2015

So call them daesh-holes.

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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

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

No, linuxman Nov 2015 #24

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