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Old Phrases that you don't remember today (Hishoom eq?)
Dakazat ara - Prove it (archaic phrases popular in mid 80's especially among school kids, later transformed into "otchet ara")
Dakazati 7 orenqnere gites? - Do you know the seven sacred rules of "proving"? (before proving something to somebody, you had to ask him if he knew the sacred rules of "dakazat". Nobody knew those, therefore nobody could really prove anything)

Mayla - Neighborhood (later transformed into "hayat", and then "qoocha")
Bambargia Kergundu - Untranslatable amalgamation of sounds (usually in response to "yaaaaa")

Maman gmpa - may mommy explode (still popular in today's society)
To ay Pyos - you he-dog

Vay eq qo inchn em asel - Literally: Ouch I yours something say (still popular today in a short form "Vay es qo" - "Ouch I yours")
Golic gol - From one goal to another (popular soccer game variation)
Iiiiyaaa, shnorq! - Eawww, gross! (girls reacting to you saying something nasty)

Ararat hub tur, Dinamoyin kul tur - de es meke giteq eli
Bruys Leei taza kino u Komandosi arkatsnere - new movies by Bruce Lee and adventures of Commandos

Martin Yorgants - french Armenian singer who used to sing about alphabets and little fingers
Vafli bazhakov marozheni (20 kopek) - adorable brand of ice cream

Kindergarten phrases (Mankapartez)
Deti v shkola ne khaditi eta shkola ni dla vas, tam uchitelya banditi a direktor Fantamas - n/a

Tu za vsex karmir asegh azatum em bolorin - Spit for everybody red needle I save everyone (no comment)
Alampuchik durs ari mamayis papayis chem asi - n/a

Meshok papi - Old man with a sack who (as legend says) goes from street to street kidnapping little children into his big sack (in reality: old man who was selling shoes)
Ova khaghum paxkvotsi otsi otsi karmir varde poketsi - children's chant recruiting for a hide'n'seek game


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