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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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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Proper usage of "бедолага"?
The closest thing I could find out is that this means something like "poor thing", used when you are taking some sort of pity on someone. Is this correct?
Also, what does the word actually translate ...
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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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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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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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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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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 does "короче" mean?
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 ...
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What does прокачать mean
I looked for it in dictionaries, but it doesn't seem to be a standard verb, except in a few cases where it means to run someones name through the police systems. Perhaps it's slang?
очень хочу ...
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How to sarcastically say "good job"
I took Russian in university and can talk a little. A few days ago my Russian friend lost his keys and I wanted to sarcastically say "nice job" in Russian, but I didn't really know what was the proper ...
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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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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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Meaning of чё - что or чего?
This question was born from the discussion in comments under this answer.
Чё is a slang/colloquial word, but does it mean что or чего? I believe that it's the equivalent of что, although it can't be ...
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Comprehensibility of "Sub-Standard" Speech?
I suspect that this question may be both too specific and too vague for this forum, but here goes...
I recently tried to watch the film "Жила-была одна баба" (2011) -- I'm not sure I'd recommend it ...
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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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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."
I ...
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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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