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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Why do Russians call a joke a stake (прикол)?
In modern Russian, прикол is a very frequently used word and means a joke, a funny incident, or just anything funny, but the original meaning of this word is very different: a stake to which a ship, a ...
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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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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 nuances does the term "тугрик" have?
When not referring to the actual Mongolian currency, what nuances does the term "тугрик" have, if any?
For example, does it imply that the currency is weak?
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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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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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What do ")" or multiple ")))" mean in an internet conversation?
I sometimes see Russian people add some ) to the end of sentences, and sometimes even many of them: )))).
I recently read:
In Russian: ))))))) is a loud laugh
So I wonder what it means when there's ...
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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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Use of "Kamchatka" to represent any poor, faraway place
In Russia, the place name "Kamchatka" at some point became a generalized means of referring to faraway, underresourced, or undesirable places (according to a couple of sources, this includes the far ...
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Meaning of "кагбе пыщъ"?
What does this mean?
"короче кагбе пыщъ"
As I asked a remote developer about delivery of my app project. Never heard anything more from him. Hope it is not a deadly decease.
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Analog of IT term “костыль” in English [closed]
I am not sure if this is a proper place to post this question, but I was unable to find any better.
There in software development, we tend to use Russian word “костыль” (crutch) to denote the ...
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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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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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Have your cake and eat it too - Equivalent Expression in Russian
Wikipedia claims that the expression И рыбку съесть, и в воду не лезть is equivalent to "having your cake and eating it too", literally translated to wanting to eat a fish without first catching it ...
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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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Can someone explain "ой мой скотч"?
I've seen this used on the web as a translation for "oh my God" . Even though, as far as I know, there is a more literal translation (боже мой) which seems also to be in common use
So ... what's the ...
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"Working on a knee"
There's a one word russian slang for a design philosophy that translates as " working with a piece of paper on your knee". I remember it loosely as ' nakayanki '. Can someone enlighten?
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Is "с днём рождения, старый пердун" acceptable?
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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Бывай! still used?
Is the word Бывай! still used in contemporary Russian as a way of saying 'goodbye'?
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What is the meaning of "по хулиганке"?
What does "По хулиганке" mean? I cannot find a sensible translation. It is the title of a song of the group 'Iron Bees'.
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What is ништяк?
Ништяк is a Russian slang term meaning cool, it's very good.
According to this article, it can also mean:
tasty (mostly sweet) food; cookie
food that has been thrown away but is going to be eaten ...
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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?
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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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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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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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How old and widespread is the word "холодос"?
Today a reddit user claimed that "холодос" (I guess the last "o" is stressed) is a slang name for a refrigerator in Russian, and I'm like - no way, never in my life I've heard this before. However ...
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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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what does спалила mean in this sentence?
excerpt from a song:
"Ты спалила наверняка как он смотрит издалека".
the direct translation of спалила or спали́ть is "to burn", however it does not make sense in this sentence.
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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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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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"Норм чувак" meaning
I had known "чувак," but recently ran into "норм чувак" and was a bit lost, and neither Multitran nor russki-mat.net helped. It sounds to me like some kind of stoner cri-du-coeur. Could someone ...
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"Horseradish, why are you fucking?"
I'm trying to understand part of Путешествие шлюпа «Диана» из Кронштадта в Камчатку, совершенное в 1807, 1808 и 1809 годах. The author Golovnin names a Kamchadal song «Ай, вот тебе хрену, ай вот тебе ...
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Что значит "Че ты паришься"?
Привет всем,
What does "Че ты паришься" mean? The only information I found on it was from http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/10-words-everybody-needs-to-know-before-going-to-russia-part-2 which says ...
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"биточки ваще кайф"
Someone commented on a song I put on the internet with the Russian phrase биточки ваще кайф, which to me looks like she's telling me that at this point in the (may I point out, instrumental) track ...
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К какой части речи относится слово "го" из молодёжного сленга?
Например, во фразе "Го в Доту, я создал".
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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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Can you use the word "муть" in a conversation, or is it a profane word?
I took it from a popular song:
Для меня ты ангел божий / Без тебя такая муть
but it seems (from the reaction I got) that this particular word is considered to be slang / a swear word not to be ...
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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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Как перевести "beat that"?
Как перевести на русский разговорное восклицание "beat that!" Это сокращение от "Can you beat that?" Выражение может быть использовано в процессе игры или неформального ...
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Is there a shorter or more colloquial word for "pet"?
The Russian translation for "pet" is домашнее животное, in this case meaning a domesticated animal one keeps in one's home. To a native English-speaker that seems like quite a bookish term. ...
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What is the origin of the suffix -он?
I learned that the Russian language has a number of words with the suffix -он: музон, закидон, выпивон, закусон, расслабон, etc. This suffix is indeed not a part of the root, as can be seen from words ...
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Russian slang: "the letter Х"
Someone told me that in Russian slang, people ask each other: Kак дела? (How are you?), to which the obvious answer is Хорошо (Good).
But there's another word that starts with "x" and means ...
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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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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 "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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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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Какие значения имеет слово “фигачь”?
Я это слово видел на разных форумах. Ну, в словаре сленга, не могу его найти.
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