Riyadh Jargon Watch

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Read this piece of a conversation between two typical guys in Riyadh:

Guy1: Where the hell have you been last night? I called you like a million times.
Guy2 (looking like he doesn’t want to answer that question): OK,OK… I was playing Sony. Do you expect me to answer?
Guy1: aha…

For you who live outside Saudi Arabia, ‘Sony’ is a short for the popular video gaming console Sony PlayStation. So, nothing seems wrong with this conversation, right? Guy2 is an addicted gamer, what’s wrong with that? Actually, you are wrong. Because according to Riyadh Jargon Watch, if a person says he was “playing Sony” this does mean that “he was making out with a girl“

This is only an example of the coded language of the young lads in Riyadh. I know few more examples, but because I’m not a Riyadh native, it is not really easy for me to learn more of this secret language. Of course, in all soceities, any group of people can have their secret language. However, in such conservative soceities like the one we have here, things can get really interesting.

5 thoughts on “Riyadh Jargon Watch”

  2. oh no. Now I know what my friend means when she says she is playing Sony 2….would that mean something else from just Sony? lol!

    Mansur

  4. Ahmed, I’m not a Riyadhite, but I am a Najdite. I know that back home in Qaseem, they also have codes. Such codes exist in ALL (read: ALL) areas where young people reside. Yes, even in the Eastern and Western province. I don’t understand how you can link it to conservatism…? I may actually disagree with you this time.

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