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Swear Words in Russian

A friend told me that in Russian there are many swear words, many of them are extremely colourful and creative. I'd like to know if this is true, and also, why do some languages "excel" in the field of swear words more than others?


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In the address mentioned below you can read a lot about profanity in many languages ; I copied the part about Russian. In the second link youhave a short dictionary of 100+ Russian Language Swear Words and Phrases and their English Translations (sorry about the photos that are included)

Profanity took a very interesting form in Russia where there exists a language of sorts called mat, most of its words based on five basic profane roots -- nouns penis - hui, bitch - suka, whore - blyat, cunt - pizda and verb fuck - yebat. At least two hundred derivative words exist in this language, plus countless word combinations. It is possible to sensibly communicate using just these five basic roots. Due to countless very fine nuances (stress on a different syllable changes the meaning of certain words etc.) it is not easy to master that language which is very widely used in Russia, especially in rural areas. Before the 1990s these words never appeared in print (except special articles published in universities) and they remain officially banned on TV and in the movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profanity#Russian

 A sample of what you will find in the link below:

Russian Swearing                English Translation   

 Hooy tebe v zhopu!              Prick up your ass! (refusal to                                      a person

Hooy na ny!                         No fucking way!

Hooy morzhovy                    Walrus dick (to a person)

Mandavoshka                       Cunt louse (to a woman)

Gandon                                Condom 

Gandon shtopany                   Darned condom

Perdoon stary                        Old Fart

Pizda staraya                        Old woman (old cunt)

Pizdobol                               Fucking liar

 

http://www.insultmonger.com/swearing/russian.htm 

 

 


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What is STRASHNIA?  i heard i meant UGLY?


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You can`t even imagine how many swear words we have-   there are thousands of them.There is even a book which is written  with these words only.






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Stranshia no

commonly used meaning in the russian tounge. however gloopuy means stupid, and to say " seedeetes toy balshaya sooka" would mean "sit down you fat bitch."

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