hamallu

Is a pejorative term referring to individual or groups of lower social class that the speaker considers to lack cultural capital. While admittedly in Malta, many hamalli live in the southern area, it should be also pointed out that there are also various professionals and business owners living there. Moreover, Mellieha which should be the other extreme using the 'southern' reasoning is in fact filled with uneducated people who perfectly fit the definition of hamalli. Other places like Rabat, Mtarfa, Mgarr, Dingli etc are also in the North and are filled with hamalli. Also, lets not forget the SLIEMA LAZY CORNER which is filled to the brim with hamalli. Moreover, with government flats situated practicly in every town and city in Malta, you can be guaranteed to have your fair share of hamalli presence practically everywhere. In my opinion, a person is a hamallu not by his home address but by the way he acts. Typical behaviours of hamalli are the following: Loudmouthed, use foul language, basic education, work blue collar or unemployed / businessmen in construction and related or bus drivers talk with their mouth full eat while walking drive cars with stickers which sport exhibitionist statements like male prowess have over 10% of body surface area covered by tattoos kind hearted and helpful approachable and friendly down to earth live in a government subsidised home think their political party is a football team attend ta’qali football matches attend ‘il-marc ta’ filodu’ or other festas interrupt others whilst they are speaking cannot keep a queue particularly at the iromongery store litter our streets and pavements they hunt attend ‘attivitajiet tal-massa’ (mass meetings, mass protests, lejla maltija etc)