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February 14, 2008

holding our own in the cheeky expressions market

Dubai lexicon, over here:

Dubai-speak is sprinkled with corporate jargon, South Asian inflections, guttural Russian, acronyms for everything, cheeky British expressions, and plenty of euphemisms to protect the emirate's Pleasantville image.

Our specific contribution seems to be "shag pad."

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