{"id":64054,"date":"2022-08-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/64054\/17-things-lebanese-men-say-and-what-they-actually-mean"},"modified":"2022-08-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T00:00:00","slug":"17-things-lebanese-men-say-and-what-they-actually-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/64054\/17-things-lebanese-men-say-and-what-they-actually-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"17 Things Lebanese Men Say And What They Actually Mean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese men might as well be speaking in code because sometimes when they say one thing, they actually mean something completely different. Here are a few of the discrepancies we&#8217;ve noticed:<\/p>\n<p>  <b>1. \u201cYou\u2019re so mature for your age\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I\u2019m trying to get in your pants.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>2. \u201cWala marra wse2et b benet addik\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I\u2019m trying to get in your pants.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>3. \u201cMy ex was crazy\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I drove my ex crazy.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>4. \u201cHayde benet ktir sahle\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I got rejected.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>5. \u201cShu ennik sharmouta\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I got rejected.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>6. \u201cAslan mannik hal2ad helwe\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I got rejected.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>7. \u201cEnte ahla bala make up\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I feel the need to impose my opinion on other people.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>8. \u201cJesmik helo bas baddo shway toning\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I&#8217;m shallow and feel the need to impose my opinion on everyone. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>9. \u201cAna bheb l banet ykoono open-minded\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I hope you\u2019re into anal.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>10. \u201cMa bheb l benet l betghar ktir\u201c <\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I will cheat on you and you should be okay with it.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>11. \u201cBa3de 3anne, I don\u2019t want to hurt you\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: This relationship will not last longer than a month. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>12. \u201cPlease ma telbse hek, ana bghar 3layke\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I&#8217;m insecure.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>13. \u201cMa badde nedhar ma3 ashabe, bheb bas nedhar lahalna\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I am probably cheating on my girlfriend with you and\/or am lying to you about something big. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>14. \u201cMa badda hal2ad\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I fucked up and don&#8217;t know how to apologize. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>15. \u201cMa bheb lamma l benet betseb\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I\u2019m insecure and feel the need to control you so that I can feel like a man. <\/p>\n<p>  <b>16. &#8220;Fiye es2alik so2al w please koone sareeha&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: I think I&#8217;m suave when I want to ask an extremely inappropriate question.<\/p>\n<p>  <b>17. &#8220;Bheb ennik benet awiye&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  Meaning: Bas ma testa2we 3laye because I&#8217;m an alpha male.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanese men might as well be speaking in code because sometimes when they say one thing, they actually mean something completely different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":426593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-64054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[89],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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