May 17, 2004
Worth a kiss
I saw Morteza Negahi a few
days ago. He's a writer and I thought he might know the answer
to my question: What is the origin of
"maatik", the Persian word for lipstick? He said the
late Ahmad Shamlou told him that it comes from the French "cosmetique".
Iranians are very uncomfortable with pronouncing words with "cos" in
it, because
it sounds like the Persian word for vagina. So that's how we got
"maatik". -- Jahanshah Javid
Winner: Tara Javadinia. Sad
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