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Assad curse

Assad curse proper noun: a supposed curse causing anyone who criticizes Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to have their criticism backfire on them; especially, that a politician who says "Assad must go" will themselves be removed from power.

Proper noun

the Assad curse

  1. (Internet, humorous) A supposed curse causing anyone who criticizes Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to have their criticism backfire on them; especially, that a politician who says "Assad must go" will themselves be removed from power.
    • Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Jubeir has just been replaced by Ibrahim Assaf. Jubeir over the last 7 years repeated the Assad Must Go mantra in almost every interview he gave. The Assad curse finally caught up with him 😂2018 December 27, @walid970721, Twitter, archived from the original on 13 Aug 2023
    • In 2017 Dutch Bert Koenders joined the club. Only one year after he had called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to put Assad on trial, his party, PvdA, dramatically lost the national elections, which forced him to resign as minister of Foreign Affairs and made him the laughing stock of...2020, Eric van de Beek, “Assad curse strikes again: Dutch official embarrassed”, in The Frontier Post, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2023

Forms of Assad curse

alternative formAssad must go curse

Origin of Assad curse

According to Know Your Meme, the curse was first mentioned in a tweet posted by @iadtawil on May 6, 2016. Assad remained in power during the Syrian Civil War from 2011 until late 2024, when he was overthrown.

Questions about Assad curse

What does Assad curse mean?
Assad curse means a supposed curse causing anyone who criticizes Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to have their criticism backfire on them; especially, that a politician who says "Assad must go" will themselves be removed from power.
What part of speech is Assad curse?
Assad curse is a proper noun.

Words near Assad curse in the dictionary

  1. Assab
  2. assache
  3. assaches
  4. assacu
  5. Assad
  6. Assad curse
  7. Assad must go curse
  8. Assad numbers
  9. Assadian
  10. Assadism
  11. Assadist

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