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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemmy.today 28 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Finnish swears are pretty fun but my favorite is perkele

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago

Perkele is the best but the one I use most often is vittu.

And when you really need to drive the point home, the holy trinity is of course vittu saatana perkele

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

As the other commenter said, vittu is the most common one but I really also like jumalauta, which is like "my fucking god"

Also some more interesting common phrase is "voi vittujen kevät ja kyrpien takatalvi", literally translates to "spring of cunts and blackberry winter of dicks"

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[–] Libb@piefed.social 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A classic, the French merde.

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[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kurva/kurwa always sounds fun to say to me

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Fun fact: I studied a bit of Polish, and I would keep getting Spanish ads on my language learning app that would say "curva" (sounds like "kurwa"). Made me laugh.

[–] 5ibelius9insterberg@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Hodenkobold (Testicle Goblin)

Kacklappen (Shit rag)

Pimmelnase (Cock-for-a-nose)

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)
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[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 14 points 1 month ago

Kurwa

су́ка блять

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In Italian we have a category of curse words called "bestemmie" which they are actually illegal to say because they're an insult to God or the religion in general.

Some of my favourite ones are "Dio cane" (god is a dog), "Dio merda" (god is a shit), "Dio boia" (god is an executioner).

[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

I work in an Italian kitchen. Frustration is pretty common among the chefs, but when I hear a porco dio flying around I know they're pissed off as fuck

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[–] Akasazh@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Klootviool (bullock violin)

Teringlijer ( sufferer of typhoid)

Zakkenwasser (scrotum cleaner)

[–] Pipster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I love all dutch swearing, as a microbiologist there is something particularly satisfying being able to tell somebody to 'krijg de tyfus' or to call somebody a 'pleurislijer'

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[–] nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Behenchod (sister fucker), madarchod (mother fucker), chutiya (roughly translates to stupid/dumb).

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago
[–] Doom@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I'm a fan of pendejo. If you've never heard someone say it you're missing out. It's always said with such utter contempt and the "de" is emphasized so hard it's practically spit out.

Runner up: puta madre

[–] ghost9@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Huh. Today I learned that it's not just English slang. It's from the language of the planet Ork.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

"chingadera": figuratively, 'thingsmajig' or 'doohickey', literally 'fuckerator'

"mamadas": figuratively, 'bullshit' or 'makework' or 'flattery', literally 'blowjobs'

[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ooooh, chingadera is good.

[–] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

Definitely going in the repertoire

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[–] atro_city@fedia.io 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Chinga - I think it means fuck in Spanish Mexican.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Also, the "shave and a haircut" knock means "chinga tu madre cabron" in Mexico, and should be avoided. (You just sang it. Everyone does.)

I've often wondered how they localized Who Framed Roger Rabbit for Mexico.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah chinga la migra!

Chinga is my favorite because it’s so versatile

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 points 1 month ago
[–] rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

jævlig, jævel, and jævla in norwegian are quite versatile. i am learning it as it's the language of my ancestors and my dad raised me learning it, but sadly, i only learned basic norwegian thru youtube videos he showed me and i'm the only one actively (though on-and-off) learning it. jævlig is like "terrible" but it means "devilish", but you can also say something is "jævlig god" which is like "fucking good".

jævel is a noun, so "en rik jævel" is a "rich fuck". this might be useful for my friend who says stuff like "the horny fuck" or «den kåte jævelen». so it's like "the fuck" (noun) or "fucker".

jævla is like fucking, for example, «ei jævla tispe» is a fucking bitch, or you could say «en jævla tispe», i've heard both. "the fucking bitch" is either «den jævla tispen» or maybe «den jævla tispa», but im still learning.

[–] atheqtpie@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Oh!!! And if a man tries to flirt with you, since you're a lesbian, and he keeps being a creep, you can say "Drit og dra!" (fuck off) or "Hold kjeft!"

It reminds me of this song

(Like shut up, or STFU)

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[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a Greek friend at school, we were delighted when he taught us this

[–] SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Melbourne, Australia has a huge Greek population. I think there's even "Malaka Parking" on facebook.

[–] wendyz@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

I'm Spanish. I'm partial to "puta madre".

Como la puta madre - like a motherfucker

Está de puta madre - fucking amazing

Hijo de tu puta madre - son of a fucking bitch

[–] Omnomnomn_Oom@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"Kruzifixdeifelscheissdreck"
It has the benefit of going on for a while so you can either calm down or just keep going...
"Kruzifixdeifelscheissdreckfotzenbeidelfutoaschsau..."
It's limitless, but may lead to a bit of repetitive parts. Usually private ones.

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[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago
[–] sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Perkele! I like the profanity where you invoke the name of a volcano diety

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

name of a volcano diety

*thunder/lightning god

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[–] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Malakas is pretty solid

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 7 points 1 month ago
[–] UnhingedFridge@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Jamaican - bomboclaat

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cazzo is the one that feels the most fun for me after Fuck.

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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

J'aime aussi tabarnak mais calise est proche. En español, puta mierda es mi favorita. Y también, porque yo soy Tica, nosotros decimos "mae" mucho (but that's not a real curse, it just means dude)

High five to n'importe qui me puede entender 🙌🏼

[–] oats@piefed.zip 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Sjutton - as I have absolutely no idea why it's a swear. It literally means seventeen.

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do short phrases work?

Because, if so, the Chinese 你妈死了 ( ni ma si la, your mom is dead ) is one of my all time favorites.

It's kinda basic, but I surprisingly don't know almost any other vulgar phrases/words in other languages.

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[–] Zak@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Kinderficker has been sadly relevant lately.

[–] Monster96@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I'm just proud to know this. くそ。I feel so smart

[–] KhanLee@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

くそ(kuso) is my favorite.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Cantonese:

黐線 (pronounced like: Chi Sin) Used in place of like "idiot" but has the same weight as the R-Word in some contexts

仆街 (pronounced like: Puk Gaai) Probably similar to "dickhead" I think

Mandarin:

神經病有毛病 (Idk where I heard this from... think I might heard it drom 1st or 2nd grade... a combo phrase combining 2 terms lol)

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