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In a comment about using foul language:

Только я почти никогда его не использую. Разве что против особо ''поехавших'' в качестве тяжелой артиллерии :D

I almost never use it. Except against especially ___ people, by way of heavy artillery.

I can't find a meaning for поехавший in any dictionary, so I reckon it must be very colloquial or a funny made-up word.

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Поехавший means "crazy, weird, inadequate" here. There is a colloquial idiom [у него] крыша поехала (literary "[his] roof is gone") which means "he is off his chump (crumpet, noggin, nut, rocker, trolley); he has bats in his belfry; he has gone bughouse (bugs)", so the verb поехать can also mean "go crazy", and поехавший is the past active participle from this verb.

Он ещё хотел что-то сказать, но так и остался с открытым ртом, чем-то неожиданно напуганный. - Ты чё? - уставился на него Вовка. - Крыша поехала? (Б. Новосельцев, Отработка)

He wanted to say a few words more, but suddenly turned to stone, his mouth agape. 'What's the matter with you?' Vovka stared at him. 'Have you gone off your rocker, or what?'

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    Got it! She only uses bad language against certain "wackos"! It makes perfect sense, thank you - and GREAT example :)
    – CocoPop
    Commented Jun 9, 2014 at 1:14
  • Also, is it пое́ хавший или поеха́ вший?
    – CocoPop
    Commented Jun 9, 2014 at 2:53
  • @CocoPop - Поéхавший.
    – Yellow Sky
    Commented Jun 9, 2014 at 2:56
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Только я почти никогда его не использую. Разве что против особо ''поехавших'' в качестве тяжелой артиллерии :D
I almost never use it. Except against especially _ people, by way of heavy artillery.

I almost never use it. Except against people that are naturally have gone far (crazy), in the way that i use heavy artillery.

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  • Except against complete nutjobs by way of heavy artillery.
    – CocoPop
    Commented Jun 24, 2014 at 20:48
  • I downvote this because you post translations with errors (although minor but still misleading). Besides I can't understand the meaning of the signs _ - placeholder for the right word? and () - optional addition or alternative? 'I' should be a capital letter. Commented Jul 30, 2014 at 16:18

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