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
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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).
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
[...] they are actually illegal to say because they're an insult to God or the religion in general.
What? That seems excessive.
Yeah, tell me about it! It used to be in the penal code, so it was actually a crime.
Now they depenalized so you only get a fine, but still. Italy should be a secular country, and yet...
lín-niâ-khah-hó
Jamaican - bomboclaat
Sjutton - as I have absolutely no idea why it's a swear. It literally means seventeen.
Åh, talar du svenska också??
Jag försöker att lära mig lite :)
Underbar!!!
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.
Phrases are both acceptable and appreciated!
Kinderficker has been sadly relevant lately.
Russian, сука блять (cyka blyat) (fucking shit, bitch whore). блять just sounds to me like someone mini vomiting or coughing while theyre cursing.
cyka - bitch blyat - fuck
Swedish, "kuk" is such a funny word. I also like jävel/jävla... Um, skit is quite useful. Skitbra means "really good", skithäftig is "damn cool/really cool".
In German, my other language, I like Hurensohn, Verdammt, Arschloch...
Pizdets
petaQ
Never looked up the spelling, so I've been calling this 'sauce for cowards' for years now:
O. Turkish universal pronoun
你老母大減價!
Finnish swears are pretty fun but my favorite is perkele
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
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Hodenkobold (Testicle Goblin)
Kacklappen (Shit rag)
Pimmelnase (Cock-for-a-nose)
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Kurwa
су́ка блять
Behenchod (sister fucker), madarchod (mother fucker), chutiya (roughly translates to stupid/dumb).
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Klootviool (bullock violin)
Teringlijer ( sufferer of typhoid)
Zakkenwasser (scrotum cleaner)
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'
Yeah the disease thing is weird and wild.
It's interesting which diseases are ok to swear with and not.
Typhoid and cancer are ok, but cerebral palsy or aids aren't.
Cancer is very much a controversial one depending on who you're with
Oh yeah it is.
I meant in context of Dutch swear words, though. It's one of the most common swears, almost on the level of English fuck.
In not saying fuck isn't controversial in English as is one of the two words that have a 'the F word' status to refer to it without saying it. However it's the most commonly used swear around.
So that's what I tried to say, but controversial was the only word that worked for me.
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Shazbot!
Where are you referencing that from? From the internet era its used in the Tribes franchises quick-chat, but its also from Rockey and Bullwinkle (1950/60s). Any uses older than that are a mystery to me.
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"chingadera": figuratively, 'thingsmajig' or 'doohickey', literally 'fuckerator'
"mamadas": figuratively, 'bullshit' or 'makework' or 'flattery', literally 'blowjobs'
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Chinga - I think it means fuck in Spanish Mexican.
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.
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Pendejo
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.
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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
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