In Cat and Mouse Bar in Kapana district you can even find a beer named after this Plovdiv slang! After all, we already know it is much more than just a slang.Īilyak Craft Beer – photo by: Īll right, that was the easy part! The next phrases will get you REALLY deep into the urban culture. And no man in Plovdiv can really tell you why. For some reason, the only verb connected with Aylak is slabbing it.

You’ll have to SLAB it (yes, like with slabbing logs into boards). We have a whole bunch of jokes how Ailyak is like the Italian Tranquillo, the Spanish Mañana or the Turkish Yavash – but without all that rushing! Ailyak is also a general state of being: How are you? Ailyak.Įven in a small country like Bulgaria people from other towns cannot really understand what Ailyak is. Don’t be in a hurry, leave all your watches at home. This is a special state of your body and mind. Literally translated from Turkish, Ailyak means “laziness” but people in Plovdiv are not lazy. This is the next most popular Plovdiv slang. NB! Maina is sometimes part of “I’m going to weigh one Maina for you” (Ще ти тегля една майна – ) and this means that someone is getting pissed off and soon he or she is going to be more aggressive. Maina is an exclamation used quite often in the everyday language of almost 100% of the inhabitants of the city and no matter if you were born here or you are just living in Plovdiv you’ll have to get used to the word Maina as an ordinary detail in your speech- What’s up, Maina? It’s cool, Maina! How are you, Maina? I’m great, Maina! Plovdiv is known as Maina town, people from Plovdiv are Maina people and so on. Maina is a meaningless word, even though it is loosely related to the word “mother”. This is so unique to Plovdiv that you can’t find it anywhere else. Here is our list of funny untypical words and phrases that can be found in the vocabulary of a local citizen.įirst of all – Maina (Майна). But the Plovdiv slang is by far the most unique aspect of its culture. Plovdiv is very modest and we have everything- 8 thousand years of history, one of the biggest folklore festivals in Europe and indeed very bright lifestyle, no matter day or night time.

Yet others are famous with special urban slang – phrases used only there. Many cities are famous for something unique- food, cars, rich history, amazing festivals, and colorful day or nightlife.

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