فيتامين و

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Gulf Arabic

FWOTD – 27 January 2020

Alternative forms

Etymology

فيتامين (“vitamin”) + واسطة (wāṣṭa, “personal connection, wasta”). Compare Persian بند «پ» (band-e "pe") and German Vitamin B.

Pronunciation

Noun

فيتامين و • (vītāmīn wāw) m

  1. (sarcastic, humorous) Vitamin W (a fictional superpower used as a reference to cronyism).
    أَقْدَر أَتْوَظَّف بِالنِّفْط بِدون ڤيتامين و؟
    !مَالِك أَمَل.
    –agdar atwaḏ̣ḏ̣af bin-nifṭ bidūn vitamīn wāw?
    –Mālik amal.
    –Can I get employed in the Oil (sector) without Vitamin W?
    –You have no hope!
    • 2015 Feb 2, alayam.com (Bahrain), "فيتامين واو ــ وفوائده الكثيرة""
      2.5 أخي ــ المواطن أقول لك ان لم تكن لديك «واسطة»، ان لم يكن لديك «فيتامين واو» لن تحصل على شيء ــ أبداً ــ في حياتك، حتى ولو على قشرة بصلة!
      Dear my citizen brother I tell you, if you did not have "wasta", if you had no "Vitamin W", you will – never – get anything in your life, not even the husk of an onion
    • 2015 Oct 22, al-jazirah.com (Saudi Arabia), فيتامين (واو) الوصفة السحرية!! :
      ولكن الفيتامين الذي لا يمكن معالجة أضراره والتغلب على سلبياته هو فيتامين (واو).
      ...But the vitamin whose side effects cannot be treated and whose negatives cannot be overcome is Vitamin W.
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