Questions tagged [сленг]
Questions about special language used by a particular group as well as about an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed of invented words, changed words, and exaggerated or humorous figures of speech.
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What are the different forms of "косарь"?
In Russian "косарь" means a thousand. But what are the different forms and cases of "косарь"? For example, can you say "Это двухкосарёвый вопрос на Stack Exchange русского языка"? What are the dative ...
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Бывай! still used?
Is the word Бывай! still used in contemporary Russian as a way of saying 'goodbye'?
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What does "с др кароч" mean?
I realize that кароч is related to the answers given to What does “короче” mean?, but what about с др кароч? I've seen it in the title of Youtube videos where people talk for a short time, and on "...
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Origin of "не фартануло"
There's a saying "не фартануло" which means something like "не повезло" or "не получилось".
However, where does it come from? There don't seem to be any related words that come to mind, and there ...
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On the meanings of the colors in Russian
It is sometimes the case that one attributes a second meaning to the colors, in poetry or just slang. It might be that this association is language-dependent (perhaps an exception is a connotation of "...
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Can you provide translation to this Russian profanity?
I am familiar with the word заебать [zə(j)ɪˈbatʲ], but I do not understand where does the word как come in picture. This surely doesn't change the meaning of the sentence, but a little explanation ...
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Does one use (still) / did one really used once гангрена (проклятая)! as curse word, as it appears in Двенадцать стульев?
If I'm not mistaken some character in Ilf-Petrov's wonderful novel Двенадцать стульев wants to damn something. I don't quite remember the situation, but he says
– гангрена (проклятая)!
Is any of ...
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How to say an informal "кроме того"?
An acquaintance told me that when I say кроме того she think she's hearing the news. Is there an alternative other than сверх того? Or is the latter cool enough? I suppose not.
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Best translation to russian: "hey, doodz!"
Как перевести на русский сленговый возглас: hey, doodz!
Желательно, чтобы перевод максимально сохранил не только собственно само значение, но также и искаженное написание, ну типа: эй, пацаки!
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"(Не) в теме" for people who fall outside a group
I saw a picture on Facebook of a couple of people that were dressed in special suits. One person was dressed in normal clothes. A non-native speaker of Russian commented: [Наташа], ты не в теме! He ...
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Что значит “кесаревом да по мясореву!”?
Короткие описание игры про сумасшедшего хирурга:
Surgeon Simulator — кесаревом да по мясореву!
Источник: http://stopgame.ru/appzor/show/36
Это вроде шутка? Я искал в словаре слова кесарь и мясо, ...
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Какие значения имеет слово “фигачь”?
Я это слово видел на разных форумах. Ну, в словаре сленга, не могу его найти.
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Meaning of "они выпали с аппарата"
I had a conversation with my Russian-speaking friend and he used this phrase to describe his impressions of the newly purchased rifle.
"Я тут паре типов своих показал его. Они выпали с аппарата."
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Что означает слово "дятька"? [closed]
Я наткнулся на него читая комменты под видео обзором игры.
ВОПРОС: Дятька а вы нуб?
ОТВЕТ: ваще полнейший)))))
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Что значит “пилится как” в этом контексте?
Собсна, vcmi пилится как реверс движка
Это пост любителя Героев (http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Might_and_Magic).
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Meaning of поехавшие (люди)
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 ...
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What does давать изюминку mean? Give a raisin?
In this comment:
Ваша фраза супер!: "Чуть ли не все два читателя исправили эти имена, порекомендовали варианты или другое склонение." Именно противопоставление определенного количества "два" и ...
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Meaning of нифига себе! [duplicate]
What is the meaning and usage of (ну) нифига себе! Someone said it to me
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Idiomatic equivalent of ты крут
(Да) ты крут!
I see this everywhere. Is it the equivalent of (Am.) English "Oh, you're goo(ooo)d..." when someone does something well or shows what he's capable of (usually to the speaker's ...
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What's the meaning of еле-еле?
The Wiktionary and the non-existent lingvo entry for еле-еле don't shed light on its meaning. I usually misstrust (at least a little), when two words are marked as synonyms. In this case еле-еле must ...
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What exactly is the "mood" of the phrase "послан за вином"?
I'm working on translating a piece of fiction into English, and sometimes even when I generally know that some phrase is insulting, dismissive, etc., I don't actually understand precisely what the "...
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How would you translate "coming out" into Russian?
I'm working with a website related to homosexuality and coming out and I need to translate the concept of "coming out of the closet" into Russian. Multitran suggest выйти из тени, публично заявить (...
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Russian texting shorthand for yes and no
On the wiki page for the Russian hockey player Evgeni Malkin, it says that he used to text "$" to agree to an invitation and "da" to decline. It is uncited, so I can't check the original interview. Is ...
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Why is this who steals icons called "клюквенник"?
Today I've learned that there exists a term for thief who is specializing in stealing icons and church plates - клюквенник.
I just wonder when this term had been adopted and why does it actually "...
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