Growing up Lebanese is definitely a unique experience. Lebanese people shared their stories on Twitter in 2016. We gathered more than ten hilarious tweets that will make your day!
Lebanese logic
-*calls to house number* -*Answers* -“bel bet?” -(??????????) #GrowingUpLebanese
— kk (@goatsasf) July 4, 2016
The AC gets all the blame
Me:”Mom ana wa2a3et w kasaret 2ideh l yamin”. Mom:”Eltellak ma tnem bel AC!!”.#GrowingUpLebanese
— Elie Tekle (@TekleElie) July 6, 2016
Abou Amin
I thought Abou amin was a real person at some point #GrowingUpLebanese
— Joy? (@joysalah) July 13, 2016
Language struggles
never being able to speak one language at a time #growinguplebanese
— sara (@sasarizzl) August 7, 2016
Fireworks or gunshots?
When you don’t even know if it’s fer2a3 or 2wass #growinguplebanese
— ديانا (@hodxiana) August 16, 2016
“Min? Ana”
*knock knock* -Min? -Ana#growinguplebanese
— Claude (@ClaudeAkel) October 7, 2016
Picon
The day I went to France and discovered that they never heard of “Jebnet Picon jebneh faransiyye” *childhood shattering* #GrowingUpLebanese
— Sophie M. (@sophie_elmurr) July 5, 2016
Family gatherings
#GrowingUpLebanese “Ana baarefak mn enta w hal2ad ya tante!” Is all you heard when meeting relatives
— Dopamine (@DayuuumDanielle) July 4, 2016
Bonjus
#GrowingUpLebanese these were a solid part of my childhood pic.twitter.com/e2Rwu2WutG
— isra (@_saker__) July 4, 2016
The struggle
One kiss, two kisses or three? Good luck guessing #GrowingUpLebanese
— Rawan (@artisticzauren) July 3, 2016
“Tak l motor”
#GrowingUpLebanese “tak l motor” is the most used phrase in your dictionary
— Carelle (@CarelleInaty) July 3, 2016
Always wear a jacket
” Mom l harara 40 lyom ana nezel baher badik shi ? “
Mom: la ma bade shi bass khod jacket.#growingUpLebanese — Mario (@MarioMannah) July 1, 2016
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