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Isn't 'mist' like 'darn' in English?

• sandworm101 11y ago
  http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Mist.html http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Mist.html Mist {m} [ugs.] crap [vulg.] rubbish [esp. Br.] [nonsense] bullshit <BS> [vulg.] tripe [coll.] garbage [fig.] bull [derived from bullshit] [Am.] [vulg.]
• pluma 11y ago
  "Darn" is a minced oath. Mist, simply means "crap" or "manure". A pile of manure is called "Misthaufen" (crap heap), a pitchfork for handling manure is called "Mistforke" or "Mistgabel" (crap fork). It's a bit vulgar but so is the subject matter. But you can also use it as a general expression of discontent: "Mist!" is something you might exclaim if you just dropped something expensive and fragile. It's still vulgar but it's something you'd find far more appropriate around the young ones than the harsher "Scheiße!" (shit). It's basically the little brother of "shit" in the same way as "dumb" is the little brother of "retarded". You might legitimately hear someone curse at the "Mistkatze" (Katze = cat) that just peed on the bed, or the "Mistauto" (Auto = car) that refuses to start or simply shout "So ein Mist!" when they find out they've spent the past hour aligning the wallpaper upside down. The equivalent of "damn" would be "verdammt" and there are minced oaths for that in German as well (although nowadays they're generally considered cute and not something you'd use only because you're mild-mannered or religious).
  • sandworm101 11y ago
    Man, don't put "dumb" anywhere near "retarded". I don't want another literal user for a word (retarded=delayed, dumb=mute) to disappear in the name of political correctness. To quote from TGOTG: "This dumb tree, he is my friend." Groot is dumb because his is effectively a mute. Drax was not commenting in any way on his intelligence.