Fisal!

My new favorite Pulaar word is “fisal.” It is a word I have heard people use since I arrived, but I only recently learned the meaning. Its definition is: “the act of forgetting something because you were distracted thinking about food.” For example, if you visit a friend’s house and eat a good dinner but then go home and forget your jacket-- “a wadi fisal,” you’ve done a “fisal.”

“Is it only used about food?” we asked.
“Well…yes.”