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I spotted one spelling error - the excellent Serbian word inat is given as iant - and there may be others, but I will not be consumed by vengeful spite over it; also I imagine there is room for interpretation of some of the definitions, such as the 10 Albanian ways of describing a moustache, which to be do not seem very different from the ways we describe different moustaches in English.
Stephen Fry and Poland; and Communism nwhyte 2009
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It's a greedily practical turn to the famous "inat" and spiteful defiance that Serbs generally offer the world community.
Boing Boing 2008
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If they want him to not resign then who are we to say he should resign? inat
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Attention inat: "we the people" are who should judge!
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It'll be interesting to see how this plays out in the voting booth next year. inat
New DNC ads target GOP congressional leadership over stimulus 2009
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The devastated father proves an inat tentive parent, and Ms. Hamilton, the youngest of five, lives an independent late-1970s existence that somehow balances cocaine and stealing cars with Little League practice and an after-school job.
A Longing to Feed Her Neighbors Michael Ruhlman 2011
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Certainly would be better for our country ... inat
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Leave her alone and she will fade back into obscurity where she belongs. inat
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All the defeat of this bill does is prevent law abiding citizens from protecting themselves and others while traveling from state to state, unless they file the proper paper work with the states they are traveling too. inat
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Looks like she can make some big bucks on the lecture circuit, and remain a "kingmaker" inside the Party. inat
bokie commented on the word inat
actually, this is a turkish word, widely in use all over the Western Balkans
February 9, 2009
bokie commented on the word inat
more importantly, inat is not about spiteful joy at other people's expense, but rather taking pride in one's owns decisions, no matter how irrational or harmful they are, for that person and others.
February 9, 2009
bilby commented on the word inat
Less pejorative than arrogance, then?
February 9, 2009
asativum commented on the word inat
And yet apparently unloved, for no one takes pride in making their own decision to list it.
February 11, 2009