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[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not to be confused with ham-ass, a charcuterie specialty, unfortunately frowned upon by both Hamas and Hamaas

ETA: but highly praised by David Cameron

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I hear he's more into the head of the pig

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Is it etymologically related, in the way that “salaam” and “shalom” are, or is this just a particularly spicy coincidence?

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

The terror org Hamas's name is an acronym, but was afterwards glossed to mean strength or zeal. That vaguely fits, so maybe? But I'm no expert on Proto-Semitic etymology.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hamas was a dark bay or brown horse with no white markings

Wikipedia really went there

this post was submitted on 13 May 2024
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