{"id":64010,"date":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64010\/12-times-you-hear-habibi-in-lebanon-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-love"},"modified":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T00:00:00","slug":"12-times-you-hear-habibi-in-lebanon-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64010\/12-times-you-hear-habibi-in-lebanon-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Times You Hear &#8216;Habibi&#8217; In Lebanon That Have Nothing To Do With Love"},"content":{"rendered":"Despite literally meaning &#8220;my love,&#8221; the word &#8220;Habibi&#8221; is unfortunately not always an expression of endearment. In order to help you decode this unique word, here are 12 times you\u2019ll hear \u201chabibi\u201d in Lebanon that have absolutely nothing to do with love.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>1. The passive aggressive habibi\/habibti<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cEh habibi, khalesna sho fi?\u201d <br \/>  <br \/>  You went out at 8:00am to run errands and that old cranky mwazaf bel wizara was not having it.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>2. The actually aggressive HABIBI lamma te3la2 ma3 hada<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cLAAAA HABIBI MEEN MFAKKAR HALAK?\u201c<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/d5\/c0\/27\/d5c027cfe9a73c8cbc48ef120f09d934.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>3. The \u201cHabibi! Come to Lebanon\u201d ad<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  The expats gholto w sadda2o the ad.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>4. The m3allem el shawarma finally handing you the glorious shawarma sandwich extra toum (aka the love of your life)<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cTfdal habibi, sahtein\u201d 3A ALBAK. <br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/eqZdxvoYlCIAAAAC\/shawarma.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>5. The foreigners in Lebanon learning the one Lebanese word they could use everywhere<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cKhah-bee-bee, right?\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  They also looked up \u201cHow to pronounce Habibi\u201d on google and practiced using this video. <br \/>  <br \/>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u715dXcYKl0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>6. The cab driver trying to have small talk with you<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Let\u2019s take a shot every time he says habibi.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>7. You\u2019re asking the waiter for the check that\u2019s about to render you broke AF<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cHabibi, el hseb eza bitreed\u201d *Intense sweating*<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>8. You forgot the name of the person you\u2019re talking to and you can\u2019t bring yourself to remember anything <\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  The inner monologue of \u201cIs it Jad or Ahmad?\u201d while attentively nodding your head to the person will have you blurting out \u201cEh, habibi\u201d to save you from the embarrassment.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>9. You just got a speeding ticket<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cEh habibi, wen el daftar? Bdna ne3zbak tsof 3a janab\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.tenor.com\/ednxg8HDD0YAAAAd\/habibi-wildin.gif\"width=\"70%\"><br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>10. Things unexpectedly got extremely messy for you aka msibe<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cYa habibiiii, mn wen ejtna hl msibe hay\u201d <br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>11. You just heard jaw-dropping khbar<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  \u201cYA HABIBIIIIII\u201d<br \/>  <br \/>  Please note that the \u201cya habibi\u201d in #10 is EXTREMELY different than in #11. This one has extra spice.<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b>12. The dekkeneh guy when he asks you what you want<\/b><br \/>  <br \/>  Can I just have my kilo batata and leave?<br \/>  <br \/>  <br \/>  Wanna check our own take on the Habibi\/Habibte usage? Here are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/l\/62914\"target=_new\">11 Times It Was Acceptable For The Dekkeneh Guy To Call Me Habibte<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite literally meaning &#8220;my love,&#8221; the word &#8220;Habibi&#8221; is unfortunately not always an expression of endearment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":426715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>12 Times You Hear &#039;Habibi&#039; In Lebanon That Have Nothing To Do With Love<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite literally meaning &quot;my love,&quot; 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