My tandem-partner says короче. I asked her to tell me the meaning, but she refused to teach me 'bad Russian' (I don't know if she was kidding, though).
I've seen короче in Lingvo but that source doesn't provide the expected meaning.
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Sign up to join this communityMy tandem-partner says короче. I asked her to tell me the meaning, but she refused to teach me 'bad Russian' (I don't know if she was kidding, though).
I've seen короче in Lingvo but that source doesn't provide the expected meaning.
It's just a filler word associated with being cool and kind of rednecky/hickish these days. A colloquial contraction of an already colloquial "короче говоря" (in a nutshell, to make a long story short).
Some people are just too used to inserting it at the beginning of a sentence, which is grammatically correct, but still looks like a verbal tic if overused.
It means something like "without going into detail," usually after an attempt was made to give the longer version or, literally, "in short". For many, it's a parasite word that makes its way into every other sentence that comes out of their mouth. It's not as bad as "так сказать", but similar.
I have a Canadian friend who injects "так сказать" into almost every sentence. I witnessed him talking to his Canadian friends and putting it into English sentences. Your friend is right, treat it as if it wasn't used at all.
короче
может также использоваться для быкования
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That is, pressuring you to accept an ultimatum.
It works best when combined with the past tense:
"Короче, собрал вещи и вышел отсюда" would mean "gather your stuff and leave now — end of discussion!"
"Короче" means long story short in Russian, but it's slang and therefore not grammatically correct. When your friend said "I don't want to teach you bad Russian," she didn't mean curse words, or vulgar language; she just knows that it's neither correct Russian nor traditional.
shut up