T Sabri Oncu

When the Turkish Prime Minister ayyip Erdogan called the protesters in the streets of Istanbul plunderers (Γ§²Ή±θ³ά±τ³¦³ά) on June 2, he contributed a new verb to the English language. A video clip of the resistance β€” entitled β€œEveryday I'm Chapuling” β€” hit the internet on June 4 with new lyrics written on the pop song β€œEveryday I'm Shufflin”. And the new English verb was born: to chapul. Soon after, the word moved to the French language and found a place among such words as liberte, egalite and fraternite: chapulite.