It is the ‘parte civile’ that has primary interest in such and similar cases. They are the party that have the right to demand justice and they are the most interested party that wants to see that justice is done and served.

Apart from the meaning of bristles (as in ‘xkupa tal-lanzit’), I was once given the explanation of ‘lanzit’ as follows. It is nothing but the accumulated dirt on pigs which is practically impossible to wash away. This meaning of the word ‘lanzit’ is not found in any maltese dictionary. But that does not mean that it never had that meaning.

“Lanzit fil-mohh” is an irreversibly brainwashed brain. And when that brainwashing is politicallly biased misinformation, then that “lanzit fil-mohh” becomes “a mixture of spite, envy, malice, hatred”.

So by your definition, the act of stalking a 17-year old on facebook, finding out his ask.fm account and askin him this question “I am Daphne. I think that it is lucridiously chauvinistic to have an ask.fm account. You should get a life and have regular ablations you perfunctory prat. Give me a call when you want to have a coitus, idiotic excuse for a man.” is being a ‘lanzit’. Am I right?

[Daphne – You are a real sucker to believe that anything like that would come from me. It is so obviously one of your mates setting you up. It fascinates me how complete nonenties think they have somehow attracted my attention – and I would, of course, never have written such a poorly worded sentence. You need to grow up. Whoever sent you that thing is now laughing at you for being suckered.]

Maltese criminal procedure is mainly based on English law, however we have adopted the notion of parte civile from Italian law.

The parte civile is called so as the victim is entitled to be awarded damages in an Italian criminal court.

However In Malta damages are only awarded by the civil court. Therefore, in Maltese criminal courts, the parte civile lawyers representing the victim act as if they are the prosecution or aiding the prosecution.

Kieku l-luci elettrika b’xejn. M’hemmx bzonn pannelli.

Not quite. It doesn’t grow and mature through the generations, and only covers one part of lanzit, which is to delight in the other’s misfortunes.

Lanzit is like an office version of an Afghan blood feud.

The crowd that shouts freedom, liberty, choice, minority rights and a thousand coined word or phrase, then comes out in public crying crap.

My doubt is whether such people would even know which of their two feet and two arms are the right and the left.

No, those are socialists.

Does “Schadenfreude” get any close?