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Dutch: http://www.taalkabaal.nl/scheldwoorden/indexa.php http://www.taalkabaal.nl/scheldwoorden/indexa.php Have fun. Some of these are spelled incorrectly, so

Dutch: http://www.taalkabaal.nl/scheldwoorden/indexa.php http://www.taalkabaal.nl/scheldwoorden/indexa.php Have fun. Some of these are spelled incorrectly, so run them through a spell-checker. While I'm at it, let me translate some personal favourites. I realize they are quite long and unlikely candidates for the next hot SF start-up, but why keep knowledge away from the masses: adderengebroedsels - offspring of vipers argeologisch kontfossiel - archaeological ass fossil bosuil - Strix aluco duinbewoner - dune dweller ebverzuiper - person who drowns during ebb (burnnn) greppelheks - ditch witch ingeblikte atlas - canned atlas (??) janksnor - literally "crying mustache" kamelenzuurvleesoog - literally "camels-Sauerbraten-eye" (???) mountendeldarmbeklimmer -- literally "climber of Mt. rectum" paashaasschaamhaarverzamelaar -- literally "collector of Easter Bunny pubes" rioolpinguin -- sewer pinguin tepelbaviaan -- nipple baboon I have submitted several short and useful Dutch words to grant myself license for this comment.

itsybitsycoder 11y ago
I want to start a razor startup now just so I can call it Janksnor.
- devbug 11y ago
  Dollar Shave Club... but for Scandinavia. Or a brutally fast Handlebars implementation.
nice_byte 11y ago
> kontfossiel LMAO :')
digi_owl 11y ago
> bosuil - Strix aluco Huh?
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magic_beans 11y ago
Wow. American-English swear words pale in comparison.
- tripzilch 11y ago
  We're also one of the rare languages that swears not only with sexual organs, excrement and bodily fluids, but also like to throw diseases into the mix. Actually surprised me when I learned this is uncommon in most other languages, it seems so natural :-) In particular "older" diseases that are less common in modern days, like tuberculosis (tering-), cholera (klere/kolere), typhoid (tyfus), plague (pest-) and pox (pokke-) are popular as general insults, adjective or interjection. "Cancer" (kanker) is also used a lot, but is considered almost universally to be in bad taste, because nearly everybody knows or has lost someone they know to cancer, whether it's highschool kids or in "polite company". More modern diseases (Ebola/H5N1/Swineflu/SARS/etc) are being used as well, but mainly for comedic effect.

itsybitsycoder 11y ago

I want to start a razor startup now just so I can call it Janksnor.

devbug 11y ago
Dollar Shave Club... but for Scandinavia. Or a brutally fast Handlebars implementation.

nice_byte 11y ago

> kontfossiel LMAO :')

digi_owl 11y ago

> bosuil - Strix aluco Huh?

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magic_beans 11y ago

Wow. American-English swear words pale in comparison.

tripzilch 11y ago
We're also one of the rare languages that swears not only with sexual organs, excrement and bodily fluids, but also like to throw diseases into the mix. Actually surprised me when I learned this is uncommon in most other languages, it seems so natural :-) In particular "older" diseases that are less common in modern days, like tuberculosis (tering-), cholera (klere/kolere), typhoid (tyfus), plague (pest-) and pox (pokke-) are popular as general insults, adjective or interjection. "Cancer" (kanker) is also used a lot, but is considered almost universally to be in bad taste, because nearly everybody knows or has lost someone they know to cancer, whether it's highschool kids or in "polite company". More modern diseases (Ebola/H5N1/Swineflu/SARS/etc) are being used as well, but mainly for comedic effect.