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91 Taboo Words and Expressions
This chapter uses words and expressions
some people might consider offensive.
There are several words that are often heard, but they are considered taboo outside
younger people, when communication with their friends; they refer to sexual organs
and sex. The most important verb is:
jebati (jebe) fuсk
Take care: this verb is considered extremely impolite and vulgar in most
circumstances. This verb is actually rarely used in its literal meaning.
Its pass. adjective jeben is sometimes used as an intensifier, exactly like English
fuсking (but observe it's an adjective, unless used as an adverb, i.e. you have to
change its case, gender etc.):
Taj mobitel N je jebeno skup N . That mobile phone is fuсking expensive.
There are two quite common phrases with this verb, something like ‘emoticonwords’
(sometimes seen in abbreviation in colloquial writing, e.g. on Internet
forums):
jebo te / jebote (abbr. jbt) = amazement
jebi ga / jebiga (abbr. jbg) = resignation
The most common verb pair derived from this verb is:
zajebavati («) ~ zajebati (zajebe) screw up
This verb is considered much less vulgar than the verb it's derived from, and you can
even hear it in less formal meetings at work.
With an optional object in A, this verb corresponds to English make mistake, spoil:
Zajebao sam. I've screwed up.
However, it's more common to use this pair with se². There are two meanings then.
First, it's make a mistake, such that affects the subject. Next, the impf. verb with se²
has the additional meaning screw around.
This is the most important impolite/vulgar noun:
kuraс (kurс-) penis, diсk
Besides its obvious meaning, it's often used in a number of very colloquial (but
considered nevertheless vulgar!) expressions with completely unexpected meanings:
boljeti (boli,...) + A + kuraс (kurс-) don't give a fuсk
This, of course, literally means someone's diсk hurts, but it's a metaphor. For
example: