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What? only 151 russian words? The russians have an own dedicated sub-language which consists solely out of bad words. No idea or concept is too complicated to b

by dorgo 6y ago

What? only 151 russian words? The russians have an own dedicated sub-language which consists solely out of bad words. No idea or concept is too complicated to be expressed in bad words alone. They switch from normal russian to bad words russian as soon as the situation allowes it.

egypturnash 6y ago
[citation needed], please, I wanna read about this beautiful gem of a sub-language! All I can find with some quick searching is Wikipedia's page on 'mat'[1], which seems to be pretty similar to Carlin's list of Seven Words You Can't Say On TV[2] rather than an entire language of vulgarity. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words
- owl57 6y ago
  Unusual richness of bad Russian words is, I believe, mostly a myth from our stand-up comedians based on the loose facts that (1) there's not one central f-word, but several equally important roots, and (2) technically a lot of Russian words can correspond to one English word due to heavier use of prefixes ("fuck off" is written without whitespace in Russian).
  - egypturnash 6y ago
    Damn, I was suspecting something like that was the case from reading the WP pages I linked to and some of the ones they reference! Handing my SO an article about the intricate sub-language of Russian invective would have been a PERFECT piece of flirtation. (Yes we are nerds.)
- dorgo 6y ago
  I don't really have a citation, just personal experiences. But your wiki link already states: "David Remnick believes that mat has thousands of variations" The german version of the wiki article has some examples: пиздеть (pisdet′) = to (tell a) lie, but also possible: to steal. пиздец (pisdez) = ruin or catastrophe, fubar, fucked up As you can see, small variations of the same word have different meanings. And the meaning can vary with context. Edit: The russian version of the article has some example verbs (all derived from the same word): I tried to translate as far as I understand. ебануть = ?, ебануться = to get stupid ( to say or do something stupid ), ебаться = to do something - very generic, ебиздить = ?, ёбнуть = ?, ёбнуться = ?, ебстись = ?, въебать = to get something into something?, выебать = to get something out of something?, выёбываться = to fuck around. To decline something to somebody. доебать = ? доебаться = to annoy somebody by asking too many questions or trying to get something out of somebody. доёбывать = to bring something to an end. to finish something, заебать = to annoy somebody, to get to somebody заебаться = to get fed up with something, to get tired of something, наебать = to betray somebody?, наебаться = to get saturated by something, to get enough of something наебнуть = to cheat sombody, наебнуться = for the fun of it, just do it, объебать = to get a piece of something, to get familiar with something?, объебаться = to get into something nasty, to fuck up, остоебенить = blow you mind (not sure about this one) остоебеть = ?, отъебать = to fuck with something/somebody, to fight, to degrade somebody, отъебаться = get rid of something, for example to pass exams or get rid of obligations, переебать = (maybe) to understand something, переебаться = to fuck over something, to get something done, поебать = do something (depending on context), поебаться = to do nonsense, try hard to no avail, fool around, подъебать = ?, подъебаться = ?, подъебнуть = to make joke, for example april the 1., even flirt?, разъебать = to ( accidantly or pusposfully ) break something, разъебаться = to clear a relationship, to bring everything to order?, съебать = to get away (maybe in a cool way), съебаться ( to fuck off, to stop anoing ), уебать = to run away (maybe after stealing something)
  - teetertater 6y ago
    This list mostly corresponds to my personal experiences as a native Russian speaker, and I've heard 70% used in the wild. To fill two of the ?'s: ёбнуть = to f*ck ёбнуться = to stumble or injure oneself What's interesting is that this whole list only uses one root word, of which there are 3 more
  - egypturnash 6y ago
    Thanks! Shit, that’s a fuckton of sweary words.

by dorgo 6y ago

egypturnash 6y ago

[citation needed], please, I wanna read about this beautiful gem of a sub-language! All I can find with some quick searching is Wikipedia's page on 'mat'[1], which seems to be pretty similar to Carlin's list of Seven Words You Can't Say On TV[2] rather than an entire language of vulgarity. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_(Russian_profanity) 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_dirty_words

owl57 6y ago
Unusual richness of bad Russian words is, I believe, mostly a myth from our stand-up comedians based on the loose facts that (1) there's not one central f-word, but several equally important roots, and (2) technically a lot of Russian words can correspond to one English word due to heavier use of prefixes ("fuck off" is written without whitespace in Russian).
- egypturnash 6y ago
  Damn, I was suspecting something like that was the case from reading the WP pages I linked to and some of the ones they reference! Handing my SO an article about the intricate sub-language of Russian invective would have been a PERFECT piece of flirtation. (Yes we are nerds.)
dorgo 6y ago
I don't really have a citation, just personal experiences. But your wiki link already states: "David Remnick believes that mat has thousands of variations" The german version of the wiki article has some examples: пиздеть (pisdet′) = to (tell a) lie, but also possible: to steal. пиздец (pisdez) = ruin or catastrophe, fubar, fucked up As you can see, small variations of the same word have different meanings. And the meaning can vary with context. Edit: The russian version of the article has some example verbs (all derived from the same word): I tried to translate as far as I understand. ебануть = ?, ебануться = to get stupid ( to say or do something stupid ), ебаться = to do something - very generic, ебиздить = ?, ёбнуть = ?, ёбнуться = ?, ебстись = ?, въебать = to get something into something?, выебать = to get something out of something?, выёбываться = to fuck around. To decline something to somebody. доебать = ? доебаться = to annoy somebody by asking too many questions or trying to get something out of somebody. доёбывать = to bring something to an end. to finish something, заебать = to annoy somebody, to get to somebody заебаться = to get fed up with something, to get tired of something, наебать = to betray somebody?, наебаться = to get saturated by something, to get enough of something наебнуть = to cheat sombody, наебнуться = for the fun of it, just do it, объебать = to get a piece of something, to get familiar with something?, объебаться = to get into something nasty, to fuck up, остоебенить = blow you mind (not sure about this one) остоебеть = ?, отъебать = to fuck with something/somebody, to fight, to degrade somebody, отъебаться = get rid of something, for example to pass exams or get rid of obligations, переебать = (maybe) to understand something, переебаться = to fuck over something, to get something done, поебать = do something (depending on context), поебаться = to do nonsense, try hard to no avail, fool around, подъебать = ?, подъебаться = ?, подъебнуть = to make joke, for example april the 1., even flirt?, разъебать = to ( accidantly or pusposfully ) break something, разъебаться = to clear a relationship, to bring everything to order?, съебать = to get away (maybe in a cool way), съебаться ( to fuck off, to stop anoing ), уебать = to run away (maybe after stealing something)
- teetertater 6y ago
  This list mostly corresponds to my personal experiences as a native Russian speaker, and I've heard 70% used in the wild. To fill two of the ?'s: ёбнуть = to f*ck ёбнуться = to stumble or injure oneself What's interesting is that this whole list only uses one root word, of which there are 3 more
- egypturnash 6y ago
  Thanks! Shit, that’s a fuckton of sweary words.