I would like to congratulate someone I know well for his 50th birthday.
Would the following be considered good, ok, bad or very bad?
С днем рождения, старый пердун!
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1Thanks for all the answers. Difficult to say which one I should consider "the" answer since they all share some truth. To honor that I'll upvote all and mark none as answer.– yglodtOct 9, 2016 at 21:12
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"Алкаш" уж лучше тогда. :-O– bipllFeb 9, 2017 at 21:37
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Do not say like that if you met a person for the first time; otherwise, you will get punched or slapped on your face:)– sweetgirl16Feb 22, 2017 at 1:59
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1Be careful with this one. You need to know a person very well and have a really close relationship with him to call him "пердун" otherwise your chances of getting a smack in a face are very high. Reminds me of a Grand Torino movie scene where Walt talks to his barber friend youtube.com/watch?v=GtSJOUOEJ8o– Konstantin GerasimovFeb 23, 2017 at 11:16
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Depends on the terms you're on with this person, because this is quite offensive, i mean it could be taken as a friendly banter by a good friend and as an insult by a stranger.
I think it's as strong as its English equivalent "Happy Birthday, old fart!"
answered Oct 9, 2016 at 14:14
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3More offensive actually. The English variant isn't polite, but it's still much softer than the Russian one.– KaworuOct 20, 2016 at 7:45
Don't! You will definitely spoil the celebration. Or at least remind that person of his age. Do you know the meaning of the last word? I bet you don't. Look it up in your dictionary.
We don't capitalize letters in С днём рождения!
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Being expressive is not aggressive (a poem, lol, btw.there's only one! )– V.V.Feb 10, 2017 at 19:37
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1Actually using slang expressions is not encouraged for language learners. Imagine a person which hardly speaks English, but attempting to use slang words. Most of the time you'll wonder "maybe he used the wrong word to express something different?".– ArtemixFeb 22, 2017 at 11:20
Depends on the person's sensitivity and sense of humour really. If in doubt, don't.
Anyway, you might find this useful: старый пердун has a Soviet-era slang form, старпёр (parodying the Communist knack for acronymising everything), which comes across as less risqué and which should be familiar enough to a person of that age.
answered Oct 9, 2016 at 16:34
Using your scale it's "bad". Definitely, it's not that "very bad", but still "bad" enough.
It really depends on the level of your relationship with the person in question. Quite acceptable actually between very close friends, in my circle at least.
