شفشوفة

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Arabic شَفْشَفَ (šafšafa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃufʃuːfa/

Proper noun

شفشوفة (šufšūfa) m

1. (derogatory, slang) A nickname of the Libyan revolutionary and politician Muammar Gaddafi (1942-2011).
   • 2020, Muṣṭafá ʻUmar Tīr, Thawrah al-Lībīyah, al-Markaz al-ʻArabī lil-Abḥāth wa-Dirāsat al-Siyāsāt, →ISBN, page 231:

     […] أي صاحب طاقية الرأس البالية، ورد الثوار بوصف العقيد ((بو شفشوفة))؛ […]

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Usage notes

• The use of this term is chiefly restricted among Libyans who opposed Gaddafi's regime.