Sunday, June 22, 2008

Pak Lah's Contribution To The English Language?

I got this from a friend and was immediately impressed:

There are possible plans underway to apply to the Oxford and Webster Dictionaries to include a new word for their 2009 edition:
Badawi
(baa-daa-wee) {noun} : To start something full of promise but end in disappointment, failure and/or disaster.
e.g. 1: I'm trusting you to perform this task well; don't do a badawi, ok?
e.g. 2: France badawied their Euro 2008 campaign. England pre-badawied theirs, whilst Italy was guilty of over-badawification!

Surely after Pak Lah's 'Badawying' of Malaysia's democracy and the 'badawification' of our economy, it is only fitting that his achievements be immortalised in this way. Best also that it be shared for all English speaking peoples, at least as a warning against a future with any badawis...

13 comments:

Conspiracy Theorist said...

Bro,

Nice one..heheh..wat can I say..on d othr tot, he is indeed a moron..(,")

SAY NO TO NWO!!

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
~ Napoleon

p.s. dun wanna be a badawian..hehehe

Quantum Metal Consultant said...

Tulis le sesuatu yang lebih berfaedah dan kupas sesuatu itu yang menampakkan kepanjangan dan kecerdikkan akal anda, jangan jadi budak2..jaga nama baik2 keilmuan ayah awak.

Unknown said...

Kluangman, pergi baca utusan malaysia dan new strait times. Jangan tunjuk pandai sini. Berlagak macam dia sorang ajalah cerdik akal. Pooooorah.

Quantum Metal Consultant said...

Ada satu lagi bodoh sombong, apa yang awak tahu tentang Utusan Malaysia?

testing said...

Klaungman tak pernah baca postings yang lepas agaknya..
Kalau sekali-sekala AMU nak berjenaka, rasanya tak salah.. Apatah lagi di blog sendiri..

whackthembugger said...

I am no fan/ supporter at all of PM but you friend’s joke may not be well appreciated by Muslims locally and world wide.

I realize after going through the net that there are many prominent personalities with the root word “Badawi” (such as Ahmed Badawi, the Project Director (Israel/Palestine) for ORG’s, the Saudi Badawi Group, Dr. Radwan Badawi –a dermatologist etc including perhaps thousands of ordinary Muslims with that name).

I can’t find the meaning of the word Badawi in the net but since it is quite widely used, I am sure there is some good meaning in the Arabic dictionary/ world. As such, the immortalization of the root word as you proposed should remain just as a joke and no more. If you change the root word to “Bodohwi” which has no meaning, it’s of no consequence.

I have 5 kids and each time they were born, I had to search a Muslim name (and their accompanying meaning and correct spelling) for each of them which I could be comfortable with. I am also proud of the unique name (and of its meaning) my father gave me. As such I do not look kindly on any attempts to wrongfully portray the meaning of any root word of a Muslim Arab name.

I hope you appreciate my good intentions; we should not stoop to that same level as PM even though we dislike/ hate him that vigorously.

Unknown said...

Muhasabah diri sendiri lah kluangman. Tak payah nak nasihat orang seolah-olah awak saja yang pandai. Berlagak pandai sombong. Bodoh tak boleh di ajar, cerdik tak boleh tumpang. Kalo nak tau, utusan malaysia tu surat kabar yang sombong dan ingat dia sorang yang cerdik. Sebijik macam kau. Sudahlah, kalo SPM pun tak pass...jangan dok pandai nasihat-nasihat orang. Kupas yang menampakkan kepanjangan akal konon. Pooorah lah.

Quantum Metal Consultant said...

"..Kalo nak tau, utusan malaysia tu surat kabar yang sombong...

Sudahlah, kalo SPM pun tak pass...jangan dok pandai nasihat-nasihat orang.."

Akramsyah, tahniah kerana awak ada peminat fanatik atau awak melahirkan peminat fanatik bernama amran, mungkin sama budak atau sama kenit dengan awak - peminat awak yang macam ni buat saya terkejut kangkung.

Untuk berilmu dan bermaklumat kita wajar membaca di mana sahaja termasuk di Utusan Malaysia dan tepulanglah kepada kecerdikan kita untuk menilai semula setiap berita itu. Tidak jatuh maruah seseorang itu sekadar dia membaca Utusan Malaysia dan mengaku membacanya.

Seseorang yang mengaku tidak membaca Utusan Malaysia tetapi mendakwa Utusan Malaysia itu sombong tentulah pelik bagaimana dia mengetahuinya, sudah tentu dia lah yang sebenarnya saban hari membaca tetapi tidak mahu mengaku. Tersangatlah kasihan jenis spesis ini yan 'hatinya' bermasalah.

Saya mungkin bukan lulusan minima SPM, dan yang pasti saya tidaklah sehebat PHD Dr amran.

Buat siti norafidah, saya telah ikuti setiap penulisan di blog ini dan menghargainya, tetapi lawak yang bekaitan dengan 'badawi' telalu peibadi dan emosi, mungkin Akram telalu emosi akibat ayahnya dipecat dari Presiden UIA sehingga Dolah dilihat terlalu buruk 1000%. Sebaiknya tumpuan diberi kepada dasar dan polisi kerajaan Dolah yang rata ratanya kita semua tidak setuju.

Saya besetuju dengan pendapat whackthembuger.

Paklah said...

A'kum Kluang Man and whackthembugger,

Sudah la tu, hangpa tak malu ka tipu diri sendiri depan orang ramai, biaq pi lah orang nak kata apa, kalu orang dah pikiaq saya ni bodo apa saya nak buat, saya nak jaga perut anak cucu saya ja, salahka? yang hangpa dok cium * saya lagi ni apahai. Hangpa ada dapat tempiaska.

Ni nak habaq ni, saya pun dah hampiaq pokai da. hangpa pi carik tempat lain lah untuk tadah. Nanti bila saya nak lari ke luaq negara takkan hangpa nak ikut sama kot. Sapa nak jaga Utusan yg tercinta tu? Baik hangpa masuk sekolah balik ka ambik SPM bukan susah sangat, paih tu kalu tak dpt sekolarship untuk sambung belajaq, takpalah kan kita dah ikut meritokrasi, hangpa pi lah meniagaka carik rezeki halal.

Tok sah lah dok susah-payah depen saya di semua blog-blog ni buang masa hangpa ja. Dah cukup ramai dah yg benci. Dah tak bulih buat apa dah. Lagi hangpa depen lagi depa benci. Nanti bila hangpa tak dapat pulak hangpa pulak benci. Ni semua menantu saya punya pasailah, ingat kot keluaq dari Oxpord dia cerdik, nak kata apa dia pun buat 'Badawi' mungkin bulih tanbah satu lagi perkataan 'KJ'.

Kalu hangpa masih tak paham, tak pa nanti saya ulaih lagi. hangpa tunggu nanti biaq saya pulak keluaq Blog, hangpa baca no.

Wassalam

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Unknown said...

Before anyone gets the wrong impression, I had to delete a couple of repeat comments by the commentor 'paklah'.

Kluangman and whackthembugger. Thank you for your comments and legitimate view that perhaps I go too far with this posting. However, the context I have put this forth is certainly in jest, and not meant to insult anyone other than the obviously deserving.

On the matter of this being personal, this has become personal a long time ago, even before my Ayah got sacked. That Sanusi Junid got sacked was a personal tragedy to some, a major one to others, but Pak Lah has committed far larger crimes to my person well before this.

In the first place, he introduced the deviant Islam Hadhari. This is very personal. The man is stuffing up my religion man, how more personal does it get?! So am I not to take it as a personal affront that my children or grandchildren risk becoming deviants unable to see me in the hereafter? (Assuming I end up OK I hope!)

Then Pak Lah screws around with the economy. I as badly hit as others, but every 0.5% BLR hike is money out of my pocket. Every cent of subsidy cut to save his freinds and family's projects hurts my family directly. The guy is driving individual Malaysians into poverty by his nonsense! Is this not personal?

So yes, I am getting personal with Pak Lah. As should every other Malaysian. We all should get personal with Pak Lah as he is being personal, not professional, about his job.

Besides, this is politics, and for an activitist, it's always personal...

Unknown said...

Sebelum ada yang salah-sangka, saya terpaksa memadamkan 2 posting 'paklah' kerana ia berulang.

Kluangman dan whackthembugger. Terima kasih atas komentar dan pandangan yang cukup munasabah bahawa mungkin saya keterlaluan sedikit dengan nukilan yang terbaru ini. Namun, memang niat saya untuk berkongsi jenaka ringan dan tiada niat untuk menghina sesiapa melainkan yang memang patut dihina.

Tentang serangan yang kelihatan lebih berunsur peribadi di sini, sebenarnya, hal ini sudah lama menyentuh peribadi, malah sebelum pemecatan Ayah saya lagi. Pemecatan Sanusi Junid mungkin merupakan musibah peribadi untuk beberapa insan atau menimbulkan masalah besar untuk lebih ramai lagi, namun Pak Lah sudah terlibat dalam terlalu banyak jenayah lain sebelum ini.

Contoh pertama, Pak Lah memperkenalkan ajaran sesat Islam Hadhari. Ini terlalu berunsur peribadi. Pak Lah kacau agama dan akidah saya, apa yang tak peribadinya?! Adakah saya harus bersabar dan tidak terasa diserang secara peribadi apabila anak dan cucu saya menanggung risiko terpesong akidah kelak?

Kemudian Pak Lah memperosakkan ekonomi. Alhamdulillah, rezeki saya ok sikit, tapi tiap kali riba hutang naik 0.5%, sakit juga! Bagi setiap sen subsidi yang dipotong untuk menyelamatkan projek kawan dan keluarga Pak Lah, keluarga saya rugi secara langsung!Ada rakyat Malaysia sudah terjerumus dalam kemiskinan akibat 'usaha' Pak Lah. Bukan peribadi ka ni?

Jadi ya, saya memang menyerang Pak Lah secara peribadi sekarang. Malah semua rakyat Malaysia patut menganggap genggaman kuasa Pak Lah sebagai serangan peribadi terhadap mereka! Lagipun, Pak Lah mengurus kerajaan untuk peribadi kan, bukan untuk rakyat!

Akhir kata, ini politik la beb, dan untuk ahli aktivis politik, semua benda jadi hal peribadi...

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