dirka-dirka

dirka-dirka
 interj.β€” Β«We have in the movie all the terrorists talk basically in this Arabic gibberish which they just go, you know, “Dirka-dirka, Muhammad, Muhammad Ali,” and they talk likeβ€””Muhammad jihad,” and they just kind of talk like thisβ€”you know, all we use is “Muhammad, jihad, allah, Dirka-dirka, burka-burka,” and that’s how they talk. And that, to me, is what terrorists sound like when I look at their little tapes that they release. And all it is is us making fun of terrorists.Β» β€”β€œInterview: Matt Stone talks about the new movie, β€˜Team America: World Police’” by Terry Gross, Matt Stone NPR: Fresh Air Oct. 14, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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