A few questions for Super Armenians

[AnoushSadana]

Hello...I'm 100% Armenian and a very Armenian Armenian at that. I try to get my hands on as many Armenian movies and Cds as I possibly can. I speak Armenian very well, but I don't really have any Armenian friends...There's are two questions I've had on my mind lately that someone here could probably help answer. First up, I love Rabiz music, but I have no idea what the word Rabiz means. Little help here? Second...I just recently found out that most of the "Armenian" curse words I've been using are actually Arabic words (I don't speak Arabic). I'm familiar with Kunem and all that, but I was wondering if anyone knew of an uncensored website where I could find some of these precious words. Thank you in advance for indulging me.

[Anonymouse]

Hello...I'm 100% Armenian and a very Armenian Armenian at that. I try to get my hands on as many Armenian movies and Cds as I possibly can. I speak Armenian very well, but I don't really have any Armenian friends...There's are two questions I've had on my mind lately that someone here could probably help answer. First up, I love Rabiz music, but I have no idea what the word Rabiz means. Little help here? Second...I just recently found out that most of the "Armenian" curse words I've been using are actually Arabic words (I don't speak Arabic). I'm familiar with Kunem and all that, but I was wondering if anyone knew of an uncensored website where I could find some of these precious words. Thank you in advance for indulging me.

Nothing like a healthy immersing in oneself into a culture's curse words.

[TomServo]

I don't think I'm super enough.

[Sip]

I'm 100% Armenian and a very Armenian Armenian at that. I try to get my hands on as many Armenian movies and Cds as I possibly can. ... First up, I love Rabiz music, but I have no idea what the word Rabiz means.

Basically to simplify what "Rabiz" really means, just think of it this way ... that last part of the quote above basically contradicted the first part of the quote above.



Welcome to the forum.

[karoaper]

Basically to simplify what "Rabiz" really means, just think of it this way ... that last part of the quote above basically contradicted the first part of the quote above.



Welcome to the forum.

Well in Armenia we used the word rabiz intermittently with the word geghaci (a changed form of giughaci meaning village folk). Rabiz thus would be closest to our version of the redneck or localyockal (sp?). You could tell a Rabiz from miles by the fact that they had no idea how to behave themselves in the city, the way we expected people to behave.

As far as the cusswords, there are some cute ones, but for the most part Armenian cusswords, like your example, are very dirty and vulgar because they actually invoke the sexual.

Welcome btw.

Forgot to ask, just how Armenian are you? Can you close your passport? If you can, then you're not that Armenian.

[bell-the-cat]

Well in Armenia we used the word rabiz intermittently with the word geghaci (a changed form of giughaci meaning village folk). Rabiz thus would be closest to our version of the redneck or localyockal (sp?). You could tell a Rabiz from miles by the fact that they had no idea how to behave themselves in the city, the way we expected people to behave.

Isn't it from the Russian "rabotchi izkustva" (workers' culture). So really they are blue-collared rednecks!

[AnoushSadana]

Ok, that makes perfect sense on the Rabiz issue. That's pretty much what I figured it meant. As for the curse words, I didn't mean to offend anyone, I just want a complete understanding of my language in it's entirety. Warts and all. Thank you.

[AnoushSadana]

Oh and Karoaper, to answer your question, I'm part of the diaspora...My blood is 100% Armenian. My parents were raised in the middle east where my family fled post 1915. I speak Armenian fluently, and spend a lot of time at Saint Vartan's Cathedral in New York City in spite of the fact that I'm not religious.

[Thai-Samurai]

wow instead of just growing up rabiz you actually want to become rabiz, nice.

[karoaper]

Oh and Karoaper, to answer your question, I'm part of the diaspora...My blood is 100% Armenian. My parents were raised in the middle east where my family fled post 1915. I speak Armenian fluently, and spend a lot of time at Saint Vartan's Cathedral in New York City in spite of the fact that I'm not religious.

Hey bro, I actually just read a bit of your blog on your page. It's funny. It's a metal band right? Keep up the good work.

As to being an Armenian, I was kidding of course, but the passport test is essential in proving one's "Armenianness" .