Angelic Colloquialisms: view article

English/Duafric	English Equivilent	Literal translation	Notes
Dear Father	Dear God/Dear Lord	Av a'ku.
I'll eat my next molt	Eat my hat	Akhala semefaeni ani.	Only the archangels are prone to using this. No idea why.
Fly away.	Run away.	Aelufanu!	Angels don't run from their problems. They fly away from them.
For molt's sake.	For Pete's sake.	Efaena.	Exclamation of frustration or disgust.
Goat		Aez (male) or atud (female).	Used by angels to indicate stubbornness or blind cynicism.
North-blind	stupid	A'titsawax. lit: directionless	references migratory birds' ability to locate magnetic North
Nose-blind	unaware	A'xilix. lit: noseless	Angels' sense of smell is more acute than humans' and they derive more important information from scents.
Playing in the mud.	to have sex with nephilim	Adanae im adama a'shimar.	references God making Adam by breathing life into a mud sculpture. It implies that nephilim are humans without God's breath.
Pulling my feathers.	pissing me off.	Tafasa sekolim ani.	references crows pulling the tail-feathers of hawks and eagles to irritate them.
rut-blind	blinded by lust		Indicates that someone is blinded by lust or otherwise senseless.
Rut, rutting	fuck, fucking	Karatsa, a'karat	Used primarily by fallen angels and nephilim as regimental angels don't have as intimate a concept of rut season.
Safe winds, Silent skies	Goodbye	Ruachim a'betach, Shamayim a'damam.	Angels use this as a call-and-answer goodbye, as some humans use "bread and butter."
Sheep		Keves.	Used by angels to indicate stupidity or blind faith, usually referring to a human.
Wet your tongue.	Wet your whistle.	Aeshimarlanu selashon aeatta.	Suggests preparing for the consumption of nutritious fluid.
Shake your appetite.	Whet your appetite.	Aemotanu setsia okhel aeatta.	"Mota" also means to rumble or growl, as the stomach of many animals does when empty. In this case, it also suggests preparing for the consumption of food, regardless of its usefulness to angelic biology.
To shake your tongue.	Gossip or speak with lewdness.	Motari selashon aeatta.
To extinguish your appetite.	To throw up.	Shimarlari setsia okhel aeatta.	Suggests putting out a fire or canceling an action.

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