m7ashesh محشش
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“m7ashesh” (محشش) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning stoned (on cannabis).
Meanings
- stoned (on cannabis)
- spaced out, talking nonsense
Usage
M7ashesh describes someone under the influence of cannabis, the 7chich. The word is informal and often mocking. Very often it is used figuratively for someone talking nonsense or seeming out of it: enti m7ashesh wela chnowa?, "are you stoned or what?". It is common in jokes, with stories of the type "wa7ed m7ashesh…". The feminine is m7ashsha. It's not a serious insult, but the word remains vulgar. Avoid it in formal settings or with elders.
Example
شبيك تحكي هكّا؟ محشّش؟
chbik te7ki hakka? m7ashesh?
“Why are you talking like that? Are you stoned?”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “m7ashesh” but also “m7achech”, “mhachech” and “mehachech”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.
Type “m7ashesh” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “high on hashish, stoned”; “spaced out, dazed”: m7chchech in Moroccan.